Narrow-leaf Pigface: Copley

Gunniopsis tenuifolia, the Narrow-leaf Pigface, growing in sand around the Cutaway outcrop to the south of Copley, northern Flinders Ranges. They are uncommon and endemic to South Australia, growing between Leigh Creek and the Painted Desert to the north of Coober Pedy.

Narrow-leaf Pigface
Seed pod of the Narrow-leaf Pigface in August
Gunniopsis tenuifolia growing in sandy hummocks, west of Cutaway formation
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Woolly Cloak Fern

Cheilanthes lasiophylla, the woolly cloak fern, growing in a crevice of the Pinnacles, a pegmatite intrusion formation at Arkaroola.

One of the granitic Pinnacles of Arkaroola

Acacia Confluens: Arkaroola

Acacia confluens, the Arkaroola Wattle, is a small shrub with crescent shaped phyllodes which grows at Mt Lyndhurst and Arkaroola. Seen here in the steep stony hills of Arkaroola, north Flinders Ranges.

Stinkwort

Dittrichia graveolens, known as stinkwort or stinking fleabane, is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, now naturalized in Australia. It is considered and noxious weed and invasive species in some places. It can damage the digestive tracts of grazing animals and contact can cause severe dermatitis in humans. Seen flowering in gullies and creeks in the north Flinders Ranges during autumn.