Platylobium obtusangulum and Platylobium formosum look similar bar the leaf shape (to me). There have been no records of Platylobium formosum entered in the Biodiversity Blitz 2021 City of Frankston and 9 neighbouring councils except for Knox and Yarra Ranges. Just wondering if we have incorrect ID’…

I know nothing about those plants, but I know something about iNaturalist data. If two organisms look similar, they will be confused by some users. If someone has an interest, he/she can look over the relevant observations, correct or confirm some, or change some to the genus level. Hopefully tha…

welcome to the forum :) The VicFlora key for Platylobium actually does not list P. formosum at all (although oddly PlantNET indicates it is found in Victoria).

For all of your info (from VicFlora, more, looking under synonyms): → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/021284ee-1ff8-4a65-bcbe-b4d68743ee73 quotation: " Plants previously known as P. formosum in Victoria are now P. infecundum, P. montanum, P. parviflorum, P. reflexum or P. rotundum. Se…

Platylobium ID confusion

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