Themeda triandra – Kangaroo Grass
To 1M. Tufted perennial grass.
Limp flat or channelled green to bluish leaves.
Interrupted golden brown panicles, pendant or arching Oct to Mar.
Solanum aviculare – Kangaroo Apple
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.
Rytidosperma bipartitum – Leafy Wallaby Grass
To 50CM. Tufted perennial grass.
Leaves firm, rough or channelled.
Loose, narrow panicle with fluffy, crowded, pale green flowered spikelets Nov to Feb.
Rodanthe anthemoides – Chamomile Sunray
To 30CM.Compact perennial herb. Glabrous blunt narrow or lanceolate green to blueish-green leaves. Single papery daisy flowerheads Sept to Feb.
Ranunculus lappaceus – Common or Australian Buttercup
To 60CM. Soft, tufted perennial herb.
Basal leaves ovate to triangular, three lobed leaflets, toothed or further lobed. Long spreading hairs on lower stem.
Glossy golden flowers, 5 petals, stalks longer than leaves Aug to Nov.
Pycnoporus globosus – Drumsticks
To 1M. Erect, clumping perennial wildflower.
Basal leaves few, linear stem leaves erect, silvery-white to greyish on both sides. Few unbranched stems, densely white-woolly, at least near base
Single globular, compound bright yellow heads held above foliage Aug to Jan.
Pycnosorus chrysanthes – Golden Billy Buttons
To 60CM. Erect tufted wildflower.
Few slender basal leaves, stem leaves olive green above, paler white-woolly below. Many unbranched, densely white-woolly stems.
Solitary globular, compound bright yellow heads held above foliage Aug to Jan.
Nectar source for butterflies and other insects.
Pultenae tenuifolia – Slender Bush-pea
To 1M. Spreading, trailing or matting shrub.
Hairy, crowded, very narrow grey-green leaves.
Single or paired pale yellow flowers at the ends of short branchlets surrounded by clusters of leaves Sept to Nov..
Pultenae scabra – Rough Bush-pea
To 3M. Erect or spreading shrub.
Dark green wedge shaped leaves, notched at the end, paler below.
Masses of orange-yellow pea flowers with red in centre, in loose clusters.
Pimelea humilis – Common or Small Rice-flower
To 30CM. Straggling perennial low shrub, with suckering habit.
Green to grey-green leaves with a blunt tip.
Dense, fragrant creamy white flower heads Sept to Dec.
Nectar source for butterflies and other insects.