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2005 Australia Post FDC – Australian Wildflowers

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Australia Post FDC – 2005 – Australian Wildflowers

A stunning First Day Cover depicting some of Australia’s better known native wildflowers.

Sturt’s Desert Pea, Coarse Leaved Mallee, Common fringe Lilly and the Swamp Daisy are all depicted.

Makes a nice gift for an overseas friend.

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Standard First Day Cover from Australia Post

The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 20,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana, and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the effects of continental drift and climate change since the Cretaceous. Prominent features of the Australian flora are adaptations to aridity and fire which include scleromorphy and serotiny. These adaptations are common in species from the large and well-known families Proteaceae (Banksia), Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus – gum trees), and Fabaceae (Acacia – wattle).

The settlement of Australia by Indigenous Australians around 50,000 years ago and by Europeans from 1788, has had a significant impact on the flora. The use of fire-stick farming by the Aborigines led to significant changes in the distribution of plant species over time, and the large-scale modification or destruction of vegetation for agriculture and urban development since 1788 has altered the composition of most terrestrial ecosystems, leading to the extinction of 61 plant species and endangering over 1000 more.

*All details taken from Wikipedia for educational purposes only.

History

Sturt pea, Swainsona formosa, is an Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, named after English botanist Isaac Swainson, famous for its distinctive blood-red leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, or “boss”. It is one of Australia’s best known wildflowers. It is native to the arid regions of central and north-western Australia, and its range extends into all mainland Australian states with the exception of Victoria.

*All historical information taken from Wikipedia for educational purposes only.

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