Bushfood – Native Cherry Exocarpos cupressiformis
By: Michael Fox
Australia is famous for its loud brightly coloured parrots … read Tim Low’s “Where song began” or visit any park when the eucalyptus are flowering.
Our flowers however, with some notable exceptions, have a reputation for being understated or inconspicuous.
Native Cherry Exocarpos cupressiformis is an excellent example of inconspicuous. The orange or red fruit are quite noticeable but the flowers are the tiny buds smaller than the stems they grow on.
Tiny flower of Native Cherry
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The flowers are so tiny I had to use an olloclip macro attachment on my iPhone 6 to get close.
Mount Gravatt Environment Group 