To 3M. Erect aromatic shrub. Sticky narrow leaves, hairy below. Dense terminal umbrella-like clusters of small top-shaped white flower heads. Nectar source for butterflies and other insects Nov to Feb.
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Caesia parviflora var. parviflora – Pale Grass Lily
To 40CM. Wildflower. Crowded flat to folded leaves, tips drooping. White to pale lavender flowers with green or purple veins, scattered singly along stems Sept to Dec.
Caesia calliantha -Blue Grass Lily
To 50CM. Wildflower. Crowded, flat, grass-like leaves, blue-green above, shiny green below. Deep blue to purplish star-like flowers clustered along stout erect stems. Petals of grass lilies tightly spirally twisted after flowering Sept to Jan.
Brunonia australis – Blue Pincushion
To 35CM. Softly hairy perennial herb. Rosette of light green silky-hairy leaves. Dense hemispherical flower heads of bright blue flowers at end of stems Oct to Jan.
Bolboschoenus caldwelli – Sea Club Sedge
To 1M. Reed like, spreading in large patches. Flat, erect grass like leaves of varying lengths. Small compact terminal cluster of golden- or red-brown spikelets on long stems Oct to Feb.
Baumea juncea – Pale Twig-sedge
To 35CM. Slender tufted perennial. Long slender stems and leaves. Dense oblong panicles with few orange- to reddish-brown 1 flowered spikelets.
Baloskion tetraphylla – Tassel Cord-rush
To 1M. Reed-like herb with central flower spike. Bright green feathery leaves, fine soft much-divided branchlets weep from a node just below the flower head Oct to Apr.
Asperula conferta – Common Woodruff
To 30CM. Erect perennial herb. Bright green linear pointed leaves in whorls of 5-6. Tiny white flowers in groups of 3 Sept to Dec.
Ajuga australis – Austral Bugle
To 50CM. Prostrate to erect herb. Velvety grey leaves, decreasing in size up the step. Erect spikes of purple-blue tubular flower, Sept to Dec.
Aceana ovina – Australian Sheep’s Burr
To 60CM. Erect perennial herb. Narrow pinnate leaves, moderately hairy. Tiny, white flowers, with dark purple stamens clumped in groups on a spike Sept to Apr..