Wednesday 17 February 2021

LACEBARK TREE PODS

Brachychiton discolor in the Malvaceae family (formerly placed in the Sterculiaceae family), is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in drier rainforest areas. Scattered from Paterson, New South Wales (32° S) to Mackay, Queensland (21° S). There is also an isolated community of these trees at Cape York Peninsula. And they have been known to grow in southern areas of California. Common names include lacebark tree, lace kurrajong, pink kurrajong, scrub bottle tree, white kurrajong, hat tree and sycamore. (see its flowers here).

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the My Corner of the World meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.


5 comments:

  1. Aren't they unusual - and pretty in their own way.
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2021/02/cedar-creek-galleries-not-your-average.html

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  2. How interesting to see. I don't think I've heard of lacebark trees.

    It's great to see your link at 'My Corner of the World' this week!

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  3. I didn't know that was what they were called

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  4. Those are all seeds in there? I wonder what eats them....

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