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. Erect annual herb with a well developed taproot. Stems and leaves often covered with dense white cottony hairs. Sessile narrow pointed leaves. Loose panicles of 40-300 flowerheads Sept to Mar.

To 3M. Erect rounded large shrub. Long dark green leaves, often lobed. 3-10 deep bluish to purple flowers, often appearing frilled, with prominent yellow stamens Sept to Feb. Yellow to orange-yellow fruit when ripe. When immature the fruit can be toxic.

To 1.5M. Erect or sprawling perennial herb or small shrub. Dark green, thin to fleshy toothed leaves. Loose clusters of 3-40 yellow daisy-like flower heads Aug to Mar.

To 5CM. Prostrate, often mat-forming herb. Succulent, shiny bright green spoon-shaped leaves, alternate or in tufts along the prostrate stem. White to mauve fan-shaped flowers, reddish brown on outside Oct to April.