Available

Scientific Name

Common Name

Size

Zone

Additional Colour

GROUNDCOVERS

Atriplex semibaccata

berry saltbush

prostrate to 1-2m wide

~Coastal, Plains

Red fruit

Carpobrotus rossii

karkalla (pigface)

groundcover, 1-2m wide

All, ex. Hills

mauve pink

Disphyma crassifolium

round-leaved karkalla / noon-flower

groundcover, 0.5-1m wide

Coast & Riparian Mallee

mauve

Kennedia prostrata

running postman

ground creeper

Coast, Hills

Red

Myoporum parvifolium

creeping boobialla

groundcover

Coast to Hills

white

$8 ea

Scaevola calendulacea

dune fan-flower

succulent groundcover

indigo

CLIMBERS

Hardenbergia violacea

native lilac

climber

Hills, Plains

Purple

Einadia nutans

climbing saltbush

climber

Plains (~All)

Red Fruit

Threlkeldia diffusa

coastal bonefruit

groundcover

Red leaf

LILIES

Arthropodium strictum

chocolate lily

knee high lily

Hills, Plains

purple

$75 ea

Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata

Mount Lofty grass-tree

trunk to 2m tall

Hills (and north)

White Spike

Dianella brevicaulis

short stem flax lily

tufted, knee to waist high

Coast, Plains

Purple

Lomandra longifolia

basket grass

lily-sedge to waist high (1m)

Foothills, SA South-East

cream – gold

$75 ea

Xanthorrhoea semiplana

grass-tree

trunk to 1m tall

Hills, Coast (and south)

Tall White Spike

GRASSES & SEDGES (dry)

Cymbopogon ambiguus

lemon-scented grass

thigh high (40cm) tussock grass

Plains, Mallee

Ivory

Dichanthium sericeum

silky blue-grass

knee high (30cm) grass

Plains

Light catching

Ficinia nodosa

knobby club-rush

tufted rush 0.5m (dry) – 1.5m

Coast, Riparian (~All)

Brown ball

Poa poiformis

coastal tussock grass, ngurrku

knee high tussock grass

Coastal

Cream

SMALL SHRUBS

Calocephalus citreus

lemon beauty-heads

knee high shrub, 40cm x 60cm

Coast, Foothills

lemon yellow button

$12 ea

Correa glabra

rock correa

waist high shrub

Hills

Green-Yellow

Enchylaena tomentosa

ruby saltbush

knee high shrub

~All, ex. Hills

Red Fruit

Goodenia pinnatifida

scrambled eggs

shin high shrub

All

Yellow

Goodenia albiflora

white goodenia

knee high shrub

Plains, Hills

White

$12 ea

Goodenia amplexans

clasping goodenia

waist high shrub

Coast to Hills

Yellow

Linum marginale

native flax

herb to 50cm

~Hills, Plains

Sky Blue

Pycnosorus globosus

billy buttons 1

knee high shrub

Yellow button

Ranunculus lappaceus

Australian buttercup

knee high shrub

Yellow

Rhagodia parabolica

fragrant saltbush

1m rounded shrub (2m max)

All, ex. Hills

Red Fruit

$8 ea

Thomasia petalocalyx

paper flower

thigh high shrub

Coast to Hills

Mauve

Wahlenbergia stricta

tall bluebell

knee high herb

Blue

Xerochrysum bracteatum

golden everlasting

thigh high herb

All (Foothills)

Golden Yellow – Orange

LARGE SHRUBS

Acacia acinacea

gold dust wattle

shrub to 2m

~All

Yellow ball

Atriplex cinerea

coastal saltbush

spreading shrub to 1.5m

Coast, Plains

Beige Seed

Atriplex nummularia

old man saltbush

shrub to 3m

~Arid

Beige Seed

Bursaria spinosa

Christmas bush

shrub, 2-3m

All

White

Callistemon brachyandrus

prickly bottlebrush

shrub 1-3m

~Upper Murray R.

Red

Callistemon rugulosus

scarlet bottlebrush

shrub 2-4m

~All

Red

Callistemon sieberi

river bottlebrush

shrub to 3m

Riparian

Cream

Dodonaea viscosa

sticky hop bush

upright shrub to 3m

~All

Pink-Red

$8 ea

Goodenia ovata

hop goodenia

waist to head high shrub

~Plains, Hills

Yellow

Leptospermum lanigerum

Silky tea tree

shrub/tree, 3m

~Riparian

White

Malva preissiana

native hollyhock

low density shrub, 1-2m

Coast to Hills

White

Melaleuca acuminata

mallee honey myrtle

shrub, 1-3m

~Plains, Mallee

Cream – white

Melaleuca brevifolia

white flowering paperbark

shrub, 2-3m

~All

White to purple

Melaleuca decussata

totem poles

shrub 1-3m

Plains, Hills

Light Purple

Olearia axillaris

coast daisy bush

shrub,1-2.5m

Coast, Plains

Daisy puffs

TREES

Acacia melanoxylon

blackwood, mirnu

tree 8-15m

Hills, Plains

Pale yellow

Acacia pycnantha

golden wattle

tree, 4-6m

Hills, Plains

Yellow

Acacia retinodes

swamp wattle, wirilda*

tree, 3-8m

Hills, Foothills

Yellow

Acacia salicina

native willow, tililya^

tree 5 (dry) -15m

Northern Plains

Yellow

Allocasuarina verticillata

drooping sheoak, karku

tree, 5-8m

Coast, Plains

Red/Yellow

Callitris gracilis

native pine

tree, 5-10m

All, ex. Hills

Silver, Round Cones

Callitris rhomboidea

oyster bay pine, narnu

tree 5-10m

~Plains, Hills

Silver to black cones

Eucalyptus largiflorens

river box

tree, 6-20m

Riparian, Foothills

White

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

SA blue gum

large tree, 8-30m

Hills, Plains

White or pink

Melaleuca halmaturorum

kangaroo honey myrtle/ swamp paper-bark

bushy tree, 2-6m

Estuary, Coastal

White

Melaleuca lanceolata

moonah

bushy tree, 3-8m

Coast, Plains

White

NON-INDIGENOUS NATIVES

Calothamnus quadrifidus

common netbush

shrub to 1-3m

Western Australia

crimson

WETLAND SEDGES

Carex tereticaulis

a sedge

waist high wetland sedge

Brown Spike

Eleocharis acuta

common spike rush

waist high wetland rush

Blackened Stem

Gahnia filum

chaffy saw-sedge/thatching grass

wetland sedge 0.5m (dry) – 1.5m

Coastal

Black Spike

Gahnia seiberiana

red-fruit saw-sedge

wetland sedge 1m – 2.5m

Hills

Red Fruit

Juncus kraussii

sea rush

waist high wetland sedge

Riparian (~All)

Brown clusters on branchlets

Juncus subsecundus

finger rush

knee high wetland sedge

Plains, Hills

Brown Seed Spray

Phragmites australis

common reed

wetland rush 1 (dry) – 3m

Riparian

Purple-Brown

Schoenoplectus validus

river club rush

head high wetland rush

Riparian

Spray of Bronze Clusters

Schoenus brevifolius

zig-zag bog-rush

knee high rush

brown

WETLAND PLANTS

Centella cordifolia

swamp pennywort

wetland ground cover

tiny pink

Cycnogeton procerum

water ribbons

50cm tall, leaves up to 2m wide

Riparian

White, Green

Marsilea drummondii

nardoo

wetland ground creeper, to 30cm high

–

Muehlenbeckia florulenta

tangled lignum

shrub, 1-2m

Riparian

Cream

Myriophyllum crispatum

upright water milfoil

semi-aquatic, <0.5m

tiny white

Samolus repens

creeping brookweed

wetland ground cover

Coast, Riparian

White

Selliera radicans

shiny swamp-mat

wetland ground cover

Riparian

White (maroon buds)

Tecticornia sp.

samphire

marshland knee high shrub

Coast, Riparian

Red Leaf