Author: Lyn

To 40CM. Erect perennial herb. Narrow pinnate leaves. Tiny whitish flowers, with dark purple stamens Aug to Apr.

To 90CM. Much branched, erect, sticky, annual or biennial wildflower. Linear dark green leaves. Showy bright yellow flower heads Sept to Mar.

To 60CM. Slow-growing, stout perennial plant with thick woody stem. Arching green triangular leaves, crowded at top of stem. Dense clusters of yellowish, strongly scented flowers in a long terminal flowering spike Oct to Apr.

To 60CM. Tufted perennial wildflower. Alternate or opposite near base, upper leaves narrow. Soft blue bell-shaped flowers on long slender stalks.

To 1.2M. Tufted erect emergent perennial herb. Erect, thick dark green ovate to lanceolate leaves. Yellow 5-petalled flowers Sept to Mar.

To 25CM. Slender erect or trailing perennial wildflower. Blue-green to mid-green lanceolate leaves in pairs along the stem. Erect axillary clusters of 1-6 mauve to pale blue cup flowers with darker veins Sept to Feb.

To 35CM. Slender semi-aquatic perennial herb. Narrow green strap-like leaves. Slender, erect, loose 20-200 flowered spikes with tiny greenish-yellow flowers on erect stalks above the foliage Sept to May.

To 50CM. Variable robust aquatic perennial with thick, woody rhizomes, cylindrical tubers. Dense 52-320 flowered spike with small greenish flowers, fruit strongly twisted. In freshwater to 2M deep.

To 2.5M. Stoutly erect, leafy annual or biennial herb. Hairy leaves, most in a basal rosette, deeply divided into 3 wedge shaped, lobed segments. Numerous umbels of 40-100 stalked lacy white composite flowers in each flower head Oct to Apr.

To 1M. Slender open shrub. Tiny green leaves along the stem. Clusters of 1-3 fragrant mauve-pink or white bell-shaped flowers hanging profusely from short stalks Aug to Dec. Petals spread as they age.