New Scientific Name

Common name

Size

Additional Colour

Flowering time

GROUNDCOVERS

Atriplex semibaccata

berry saltbush

prostrate to 1-2m wide

Red fruit

Summer

Carpobrotus rossii

karkalla (pigface)

groundcover, 1-2m wide

mauve pink

Spring, summer

Disphyma crassifolium

round-leaved karkalla / noon-flower

groundcover, 0.5-1m wide

mauve

Late spring

Kennedia prostrata

running postman

ground creeper

Red

Winter, Spring

Myoporum parvifolium

creeping boobialla

groundcover

white

Autumn, Spring

Scaevola calendulacea

dune fan-flower

groundcover

indigo

CLIMBERS

Billardiera cymosa

sweet apple berry

climber

Periwinkle blue

Early summer

Hardenbergia violacea

native lilac

climber

Purple

Winter, Spring

Einadia nutans

climbing saltbush

climber

Red Fruit

Summer

Threlkeldia diffusa

coastal bonefruit

groundcover

Red leaf

LILIES

Arthropodium strictum

chocolate lily

knee high lily

purple

Spring

Dianella brevicaulis

short stem flax lily

tufted, knee to waist high

Purple

Late Spring

Lomandra longifolia

basket grass

lily-sedge to waist high (1m)

cream – gold

Spring

Xanthorrhoea semiplana

grass-tree

trunk to 1m tall

Tall White Spike

Spring

GRASSES & SEDGES (dry)

Cymbopogon ambiguus

lemon-scented grass

thigh high (40cm) tussock grass

Ivory

Summer

Dichanthium sericeum

silky blue-grass

knee high (30cm) grass

Light catching

Summer, Autumn

Ficinia nodosa

knobby club-rush

tufted rush 0.5m (dry) – 1.5m

Brown ball

Year-round

Poa labillardierei

common tussock grass

thigh high tussock grass

Cream

Spring

Poa poiformis

coastal tussock grass, ngurrku

knee high tussock grass

Cream

Spring

SMALL SHRUBS

Chrysocephalum apiculatum

common everlasting

knee high herb

Golden button cluster

Summer (~late winter, spring)

Correa glabra

rock correa

waist high shrub

Green-Yellow

Winter, Spring

Correa reflexa

common correa

waist high shrub

Hot Pink and Green

Autumn, Winter

Enchylaena tomentosa

ruby saltbush

knee high shrub

Red Fruit

Long Summer

Goodenia albiflora

white goodenia

knee high shrub

White

Spring

Goodenia amplexans

clasping goodenia

waist high shrub

Yellow

Spring

Leucophyta brownii

cushion bush

knee high shrub

Pale Yellow buttons

Summer

Linum marginale

native flax

herb to 50cm

Sky Blue

Spring

Lotus australis

southern lotus/Austral trefoil

knee high herb

White-Pink

Spring

Pycnosorus globosus

billy buttons 1

knee high shrub

Yellow button

Summer

Rhagodia parabolica

fragrant saltbush

1m rounded shrub (2m max)

Red Fruit

Summer

Vittadinia gracilis

woolly New Holland daisy

shin high herb

Purple

Sporadic

Xerochrysum bracteatum

golden everlasting

thigh high herb

Golden Yellow – Orange

Spring

LARGE SHRUBS

Acacia acinacea

gold dust wattle

shrub to 2m

Yellow ball

Early spring

Atriplex cinerea

coastal saltbush

spreading shrub to 1.5m

Beige Seed

summer

Atriplex nummularia

old man saltbush

shrub to 3m

Beige Seed

summer

Callistemon brachyandrus

prickly bottlebrush

shrub 1-3m

Red

Summer

Callistemon rugulosus

scarlet bottlebrush

shrub 2-4m

Red

Autumn, Spring

Callistemon sieberi

river bottlebrush

shrub to 3m

Cream

Summer

Dodonaea viscosa

sticky hop bush

upright shrub to 3m

Pink-Red

Spring, Summer

Eremophila glabra

emu (tar) bush

shrub to 1.5m

Red to Orange

Goodenia ovata

hop goodenia

waist to head high shrub

Yellow

Year-round

Hakea carinata

erect hakea

shrub 1.5-3m

White

Spring

Leptospermum continentale

prickly tea-tree, kalyu

shrub, 1-2m

White

Spring, Summer

Leptospermum lanigerum

Silky tea tree

shrub/tree, 3m

White

Spring, Summer

Malva preissiana

native hollyhock

low density shrub, 1-2m

White

Spring

Melaleuca acuminata

mallee honey myrtle

shrub, 1-3m

Cream – white

Spring

Melaleuca brevifolia

white flowering paperbark

shrub, 2-3m

White to purple

Late Spring

Melaleuca decussata

totem poles

shrub 1-3m

Light Purple

summer

Melaleuca uncinata

broombush

shrub 2-4m

Cream

Late Spring

Myoporum petiolatum

sticky boobialla

shrub, 1-2m

White

Winter, Spring

Olearia axillaris

coast daisy bush

shrub,1-2.5m

Daisy puffs

Summer, Autumn

TREES

Acacia melanoxylon

blackwood, mirnu

tree 8-15m

Pale yellow

Late Winter

Acacia pycnantha

golden wattle

tree, 4-6m

Yellow

Early spring

Acacia retinodes

swamp wattle, wirilda*

tree, 3-8m

Yellow

Spring, Summer

Acacia salicina

native willow, tililya^

tree 5 (dry) -15m

Yellow

Irregular

Allocasuarina verticillata

drooping sheoak, karku

tree, 5-8m

Red/Yellow

Spring

Callitris gracilis

native pine

tree, 5-10m

Silver, Round Cones

Early summer

Callitris rhomboidea

oyster bay pine, narnu

tree 5-10m

Silver to black cones

Irregular

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

SA blue gum

large tree, 8-30m

White or pink

Autumn, Winter

Melaleuca halmaturorum

kangaroo honey myrtle/ swamp paper-bark

bushy tree, 2-6m

White

Spring

Melaleuca lanceolata

moonah

bushy tree, 3-8m

White

Summer, Autumn

NON-INDIGENOUS NATIVES

Westringia fruiticosa

coastal rosemary

shrub to head high

white

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

Black Spike

Year-round

Gahnia seiberiana

red-fruit saw-sedge

wetland sedge 1m – 2.5m

Red Fruit

Year-round

Juncus kraussii

sea rush

waist high wetland sedge

Brown clusters on branchlets

Summer, Autumn

Juncus subsecundus

finger rush

knee high wetland sedge

Brown Seed Spray

Summer

Phragmites australis

common reed

wetland rush 1 (dry) – 3m

Purple-Brown

Autumn

Schoenoplectus validus

river club rush

head high wetland rush

Spray of Bronze Clusters

Late spring

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

White, Green

Spring, Summer

Marsilea drummondii

nardoo

wetland ground creeper, to 30cm high

–

Muehlenbeckia florulenta

tangled lignum

shrub, 1-2m

Cream

Spring, Sporadic

Myriophyllum crispatum

upright water milfoil

semi-aquatic, <0.5m

tiny white

Samolus repens

creeping brookweed

wetland ground cover

White

Spring, Summer

Selliera radicans

shiny swamp-mat

wetland ground cover

White (maroon buds)

Spring

Tecticornia sp.

samphire

marshland knee high shrub

Red Leaf

winter