Galium roddii 090124-0443

Description:

Northern Kosciuszko National Park, Cave Creek in vicinity of Cooleman Caves and the Blue Waterholes, New South Wales.As near as I can now recall, this shot is from almost the exact spot at which in 1967 I collected the herbarium specimen that became the type of this species, named by Ehrendorfer & McGillivray, Telopea 2: 371 (1983). It is known only from the limestone at Cooleman and Yarrangobilly and two other nearby sites. At Cooleman its favoured niche on the limestone cliffs is being progressively taken over by the introduced Sedum acre.