To 90CM. Tufted perennial grass. Leaves variable, usually hairy, flat or rolled often blue-green on upper surface. Panicles variable, usually dense with purplish flowered spikelets Sept to Dec.
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Rytidosperma geniculatum – Kneed Wallaby Grass
To 40CM. Slender tufted perennial grass. Fine, softly hairy inrolled leaves. Dense ovate panicle, purplish flowered spikelets Oct to Dec.
Rubus parvifolius – Small-leaf Bramble, Native Raspberry
To 1.5M. Scrambling shrub or trailer. Lobed to deeply toothed, wrinkled, pinnate leaves, bright green above, silvery and velvety below. The terminal leaf is the largest. Short terminal sprays of small deep pink flowers Nov to Feb. Fruit is a round head of smal...
Rhagodia candolleana – Seaberry Saltbush
To 4M. Dense, Sprawling shrub. Thin to semi-succulent, shiny dark green leaves, greyish and scaly below. Inconspicuous whitish flowers in mealy pyramidal sprays. Flowering Sept to Dec. Small, shiny, flat, dark red berries with a bitter taste.
Ranunculus papulentus – Large River Buttercup
To 25CM. Vigorous aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial herb, often forming large mats. Leaves mostly tufted at base, triangular to ovate, deeply dissected into several narrow segments. Glossy bright yellow flowers with 5-9 petals. Flowers Nov to Feb.
Ranunculus inundatus – River Buttercup
To 30CM. Vigorous aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial herb, often forming large mats. Basal leaves tufted, deeply divided into very narrow segments. Erect flowering stalks longer than leaves, with 1-3 flowers with 5-7 narrow glossy yellow petals.
Pomaderris paniculosa ssp paralia – Coast Pomaderris
To 3M. Upright shrub. Ovate leaves, shiny green above, pale and densely hairy below. Many small cream to greenish flowers scattered in narrow terminal and axillary panicles. Flowers Sept to Oct.
Poa poiformis – Coast or Blue Tussock Grass
To 1M. Densley tufting grass, Rigidly erect, often bluish leaves. Dense narrow panicles with large pale green to straw-coloured flowered spikelets, Sept to Jan.
Poa Morrisii – Velvet Tussock, Soft Tussock Grass
To 90CM. Dense bluish-grey grass tussock. Weak, flat, velvety leaves. Open pyramidal panicle, green or purplish spikelets Oct to Nov.
Platylobian obtusangulum – Common Flat-pea
To 1M. Trailing to erect suckering shrub. Pairs of triangular or arrow-shaped leaves, often with sharp points. Yellow pea-shaped flowers with red central markings Sept to Nov. Winged mid-brown seed pods.