Re: ID requested on scarlet lawn weed

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From: jon
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:02

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On Oct 31, 3:52 pm, Richard Wright <richwrigREM...@tig.com.au> wrote:
> This plant with scarlet flowers is currently (early summer) growing in
> a Sydney park. The environment is regularly mown lawn.
>
> The plant is growing among buffalo grass, and the leaves look for all
> the world like that grass. The leaves have only ribs, so I guess it is
> a monocot.
>
> There is a hazel nut sized, but oval shaped, brown corm at the base of
> the stem.
>
> What is this plant?
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/static/ipl86k6m2j.jpg

Richard,

OT a bit: What species are you calling buffalo grass?  Here in
Colorado, USA, we call Buchloe dactyloides  buffalo grass.  It was
often found in bison wallows.

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