PLANTS Gy-Le

Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
Large erect tall tree. Grows in cool wet areas in the Adelaide Hills, especially valley floors. Flowers winter to spring.

Golden Wattle
Acacia pycnantha
Small upright tree. Grows over a wide area in mallee, woodlands and forests.
Flowers winter and spring.

Kangaroo Thorn
Acacia paradoxa
Bushy shrub over head high. Grows in a wide range of sites from forest to mallee.
Flowers winter and spring.

Coastal Wattle
Acacia longifolia
Large spreading shrub to about head high. Grows mainly on coastal sand dunes. Also grows in a small area in the hills where it has escaped from garden plantings.
Flowers winter to spring.

Myrtle Wattle
Acacia myrtifolia
Shrub to about waist high. Grows in the Adelaide hills in woodlands and forests.
Flowers winter and spring.

Running Postman
Kennedia prostrata
Prostrate wiry ground cover. Widespread in open gound forests, woodland and heath and on coastal sand.
Flowers in spring.

Native Lilac
Hardenbergia violacea
Twining wiry undershrub. Petals lilac, purple or occasionally white. Grows in forest and woodland. Flowers winter to early summer.

Large leaved Bush Pea
Pultenaea daphnoides
Shrub to head high. Grows in forests.
Flowers in spring.

Slender Westringia
Westringia eremicola
Twiggy shrub to thigh high. Grows in mallee on sand.
Flowers in Spring.

Stiff Westringia
Westringia rigida
Twiggy branched shrub to knee high.Grows in mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Early Black Wattle
Acacia decurrens
Garden plant now gone wild in high rainfall parts of the Adelaide Hills. Originally from the eastern states.
Flowers winter to early spring.

Varnish Wattle
Acacia verniciflua
Slender upright shrub or small tree. Grows in high rainfall areas in stringybark forset especially in wet valleys.
Not common. Flowers winter to spring.

Showy Parrot-pea
Dillwynia sericea
Erect shrub to knee high with stiff branches.Grows mainly in heath.
Flowers in Spring.

Common Flat pea
Platylobium obtusangulum
Shrub to knee high. Grows in forests, woodlands and heath.
Flowers in spring.

Matted Bush-pea
Pultenaea pedunculata
Ground hugging plant that can form a large mat. Grows on open ground in forests, such as banks or slopes next to roads.
Flowers spring and early summer.

Bitter Pea
Daviesia leptophylla
Shrub 1 to 2 metres tall. Grows in forest, woodlands and mallee.
Flowers in spring

Twiggy Bush pea
Pultenaea largiflorens
Erect untidy shrub to knee or waist high. Grows in woodlands or forest.
Flowers winter and spring.

Gorse Bitter-pea
Daviesia ulicifolia
Shrub to head high with stiff branches. Grows in forest, woodlands and heath.
Flowers in winter and spring

Golden-tip
Goodia lotifolia
Tall, slender shrub to head high. Grows in sheltered gullies in the Adelaide Hills.
Flowers in spring

Austral Indigo
Indigofera australis
Erect slender shrub to head high. Grows in woodland.
Flowers in winter to early spring

Common rush
Juncus usitatus
Usually 35-120 cm tall. Also grows in New Zealand and New Caledonia

Cockies tongue
Templetonia retusa
Large spreading shrub to over head high. Grows close to the sea on coastal dunes.
Flowers in spring

Varnish Wattle
Acacia hakeoides
Bushy shrub to head high. Grows in mallee. Not common.
Flowers winter to earlyspring.

Red Parrot Pea
Dillwynia hispida
Slender erect shrub to knee high. Widespread in forest and heath.
Flowers in spring.

Leafless bitter pea
Daviesia brevifolia
Rigid branched shrub to waist high. Grows in forest and woodland.
Flowers early spring.

Branching rush
Juncus prismatocarpus
Usually 30 -60 cm tall. Also grows in New Zealand and New Caledonia

Ploughshare wattle
Acacia gunnii
Smallspreading ground shrub to knee shin high. Grows on rocky hillsides in high rainfall areas.
Flowers winter to early spring.

Broom Bitter-pea
Daviesia genistifolia
A rigid branched shrub to knee or thigh high. Grows in mallee and woodland.
Flowers in spring

Scarlet Mintbush
Prostanthera aspalathoides
Small shrub to knee high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers in winter to early summer.

Australian Trefoil
Lotus australis
Herb with stiff hollow stems. Grows in a wide range of places.
Flowers in spring.

Creeping Bossiaea
Bossiaea prostrata
A few slender stems run along the ground or into nearby plants. Grows in forests.
Flowers in spring.

Mallee bush-pea
Eutaxia microphylla
Twiggy shrub to knee high. Widespread in heath, woodlands and mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Slender Devil's Twine. Snotty-gobble
Cassytha glabella
Slender climber that is parasitic on nearby shrubs, sometimes almost smothering them. Widespread in bushland.
Flowers in spring and summer.

Creeping mint
Mentha satureioides
Plant forming mat with many upright stems up to shin high. Grows in moist soils.
Flowers in summer.

Swamp Wattle Wirilda
Acacia retinoides
Slender upright shrub or small tree. Grows ion slopes in high rainfall areas or in damp gullies.
Flowers spring and early summer.

Rough Bush Pea
Pultenaea scabra
Slender sparsely branched shrub to shoulder high. Grows in forest on southern Fleurieu Peninsula. Very rare.
Flowers in spring.

References used;-
PRESCOTT, A. [1988]. It's Blue with Five Petals. Wildflowers of the Adelaide Region. Openbook publishers, Prospect.
DASHORST, G. and JESSOP, J. [1990]. Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills. Kangaroo Press, Adelaide.
CRONIN, L. Australian Wildflowers Keyguide. [2000] revised edition Envirobook. Annandale NSW.

If you know that I have made any errors identifying any of the plants shown please let me know so I can correct them.
I am not a botanist and am happy to be corrected.
Also, feel free to contribute any of your own photos of plants and their identity. Thanks, Nita

Native Scurf-pea
Psoralea australasica
Erect shrub to head high with white or dark hairs. Grows in woodland and grassland.
Flowers most of the year.

Thorn Wattle
Acacia continua
Erect rigid shrub to waist high. Grows in drier parts in woodland and heath.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Rock Wattle
Acacia rupicola
Erect rigid prickly shrub to over head high. Grows in rocky sites in woodland and along the coast.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Round Leaved Wattle
Acacia rotundofolia
Straggly and spindly shrub to head high. Widespread in woodland and mallee but not very common.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Neat Wattle
Acacia rhetinocarpa
Small shrub to head high. Grows in a band of mallee close to the River Murray. Very rare in Adelaide HIlls.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Spiny Wattle
Acacia spinescens
Erect rigid many-branched shrub to waist high. Grows especially in lower rainfall areas.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Prickly Moses
Acacia verticillata
Spreading prickly shrub to knee high. Grows in damp sites in the hills, along creeks and swamp edges.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Silver Wattle
Acacia argyrophylla
Shrub to over head high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers winter to spring.

Grey Mulga
Acacia brachybotrya
Compact dense grey-green shrub to over head high. Grows in dry parts of mallee on eastern side of the Adelaide Hills.
Flowers winter to spring.

Coastal Umbrella Bush
Acacia cupularis
Spreading shrub to head high. Grows along the coasts only.
Flowers early spring.

Umbrella Bush
Acacia ligulata
Bushy shrub to over head high. Widespread in semi arid areas especially on sandhills.
Flowers winter to late spring.

Notable Wattle
Acacia notabilis
Tall spreading shrub to over head high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers winter to spring.

Mealy Wattle
Acacia farinosa
Much branched spreading shrub. Grows in mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Unbrella Wattle
Acacia oswaldii
Rounded spiny shrub or small tree. Grows in northern areas of arid regions.
Flowers irregularly throughout the year.

Flat Leaved Wattle
Acacia pinguifolia
Spreading light green shrub to head high. Grows in a small area near Finniss in mallee.
Flowers winter and spring.

Hard Leaf Wattle
Acacia sclerophylla
Shrub more spreading than tall. Grows in mallee.
Flowers winter to spring.

Elegant Wattle
Acacia victoriae
Tall dense shrub to over head high. Grows in mallee, woodland north of Adelaide and along the coast near Marino..
Flowers winter to spring.

Wallowa
Acacia calamifolia
Tall shrub with slender upright branches, often red tinged. Grows in mallee.
Flowers winter and spring.

Broughton Willow
Acacia salicina
Tall shrub or small tree with drooping branches. Grows in dry woodlands or along creeks and floodplains north of Adelaide.
Flowers at irregular times.

Menzels Wattle
Acacia menzelii
Erect shrub with sticky branches and leaves. Grows in a small area of mallee near Monarto.
Flowers winter and spring.

Nealie
Acacia rigens
Spreading shrub to waist or head high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers winter to early summer.

Small Scurf-pea
Psoralea parva
Trailing herb with short wiry branches. Grows in woodland and grassland.
Flowers late spring.

Sand Hill Bitter-pea
Daviesia arenaria
Short, prickly shrub. Grows in sandy soil in woodland.
Flowers in spring

Bitter-pea
Daviesia asperula
Shrub to head high. Grows in sandy soil in mallee or open forest.
Flowers in spring

Bitter-pea
Daviesia benthamii
Wiry shrub to knee or thigh high. Grows in mallee south of Adelaide.
Flowers in spring

Barbed Wire Bush
Daviesia pectinata
A rigid to waist high. Grows along the southern coast, eg Newland Head.
Flowers in spring

Coast Swainson-pea
Swainsonia lessertiifolia
Herb with running robust stems rising to knee high. Grows on coastal dunes.
Flowers in winter to early spring.

Variable Swainson-pea
Swainsonia oroboides
Flowers in cluster on the end of stalk. Grows on floodplains.
Flowers in winter to spring.

Golden Spray
Viminaria juncea
Tall shrub to over head high with drooping rush-like branches. Grows in open swamps and other permanently wet areas.
Flowers in summer.

Coast Bush-pea
Pultenaea canaliculata
Much branched shrub to knee or waist high. Grows in southern forests.
Flowers winter to early summer.

Scented Bitter-pea
Pultenaea hispidula
Much branched soft shrub to knee or waist high. Grows in mallee and forest.
Flowers in spring

Loose Flower Bush Pea
Pultenaea laxiflora
Low slender shrub to shin high. Grows in forests.
Flowers in spring and early summer.

Bristly Bush Pea
Pultenaea acerosa
Much branched rigid shrub to knee high. Grows in forest and heath.
Flowers in spring and early summer.

Mount Lofty Bush Pea
Pultenaea involucrata
Bushy shrub to knee or waist high. Grows in forest and heath in South Australia only.
Flowers in spring.

Dark Bush Pea
Pultenaea viscidula
Upright shrub to shoulder high. Grows in forest on Southern Fleurieu Peninsula only in South Australia. Rare.
Flowers in spring.

Clustered Bush Pea
Pultenaea dentata
Slender twiggy shrub to shin high. Grows in swamps or along the edge of streams. Very rare.
Flowers in spring.

Three Nerved Bush Pea
Pultenaea trinervis
Bushy shrub to knee or waist high. Grows in forest and heath in South Australia only.
Flowers in spring and early summer.

Bush Pea
Pultenaea tenufolia
Spreading shrub to knee high. Grows along southern coast.
Flowers in spring.

Dense Leaved Bush Pea
Pultenaea densifolia
Densely bushy shrub to thigh high. Grows in mallee. Very rare.
Flowers in spring.

Redflower Lotus
Lotus cruentus
Hairy trailing herb on ground or over nearby shrubs. Grows in drier areas.
Flowers after rain.

Dwarf Wedge Pea
Gompholobium ecostatum
Small ahrub to ankle high. Widespread in forest. Not common.
Flowers in spring and early summer.

Healthy Phyllota
Phyllota pleurandroides
Woody shrub to knee or shin high. Grows in forest, heath and mallee. Not common.
Flowers in spring and early summer.

Silky Parrot Pea
Dillwynia uncinata
Shrub to knee high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Twining Glycine
Glycine clandestina
Twining spreading ground herb with thin stems. Grows in grassy areas of woodland.
Flowers winter to spring.

Clover Glycine
Glycine latrobeana
Spreading twining ground herb with thin lifting branches. Grows in grassy areas of woodland. Very rare.
Flowers in spring.

Strangle Vine
Cassytha melantha
Twining climbing plant. Widespread.
Flowers in winter.

Downy Dodder-laurel
Cassytha pubescens
Twining climbing plant. Widespread.
Flowers in winter.

Downy Mintbush
Prostanthera behriana
Upright or straggling shrub to head high. Grows in woodland on rocky or sandy soil.
Flowers in winter to early summer.

Green Mintbush
Prostanthera chlorantha
Wiry irregularly branched shrub to knee high. Grows as scattered plants in sandy soil. Very rare.
Flowers in spring to early summer.

Mintbush
Prostanthera eurybioides
Low spreading shrub to waist high. Grows only in a few places in Mallee near Murray Bridge. Very rare.
Flowers in spring to early summer.

Australian Gipsywort
Lycopus australis
Erect untidy herb to shoulder high. Grows in marshes or along shady streams. Rare.
Flowers summer to autumn.

River Mint
Mentha australis
Herb to shin high. Grows along creek lines.
Flowers in summer.

Grey Germander
Teucrium racemosum
Upright plant to knee high. Grows on the plains at the edges of the foothills.
Flowers most of the year.

Camel Bush
Teucrium sessiliflorum
Tufted plant to shin high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Slender Mint
Mentha diemenica
Plant to shin high with creeping underground stems. Grows in moist spots.
Flowers in summer.

Self-heal
Prunella vulgaris
Ground spreading herb with upturned branches. Grows in swamps and other wet areas.
Flowers in summer.

Water Ribbons
Triglochin procerum
Robust fresh water herb. Flowers green.
Flowers spring and summer.

Streaked Arrowgrass
Triglochin striatum
Slender herb to ankle high. Grows in swamps and on lakes edges.
Flowers spring to autumn.

Dwarf Arrowgrass
Triglochin centrocarpum
Slender herb to ankle high. Grows in damp soil.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Pale Rush
Juncus pallidus
Usually 50 - 200 cm tall. Also grows in New Zealand

Toas Rush
Juncus bufonius
A slender annual, 2-30 cm tall. Likes damp areas. Tends to grow in the Adelaide Hills through winter-spring.

Loose Flower Rush
Juncus pauciflorus
Usually 25 - 100cm tall. Also grows in New Zealand

Grassy Rush
Juncus caespiticius
Perennial; stems leafless, slender, 10-40 cm high.

A Woodrush
Luzula meridionalis
Loosely tufted 20 - 40 cm tall.
Flowers from August to November.

Plain Quillwort
Isotes drummondii
Perrenial tiny herb in wet places.

Short Purple Flag
Patersonia fragalis
Clump of erect leaves to knee high. Grows in wet soils in heath and near swamps.
Flowers spring to early summer.

Long Purple Flag
Patersonia occidentalis
Clump of erect leaves to knee high. Grows in poorly drained, wet soils such as those near swamps.
Flowers spring to early summer.

Yellow Star
Hypoxis glabella
Herb to ankle high. Grows in native grassland.
Flowers winter to early spring.

Tiny Star
Hypoxis hookeri
Smaller than Yellow Star and with a tiny flower. Grows in native grassland.
Flowers winter to early spring.

Common Raspwort
Gonocarpus tetragynus
Plant with many stems to shin high. Grows in understorey of Eucalyptus forests.
Flowers in summer.

Hill Raspwort
Gonocarpus elatus
Plant with many stems to shin high. Grows on dry rocky hillsides in the ranges.
Flowers in late spring.

Rough Raspwort
Haloragis aspera
Plant with many stems to shin high. Widespread in woodland, mallee and grassland.
Flowers in spring to autumn.

Raspwort
Haloragis brownii
Soft, semi aquatic plant. grows on edges of swamps and dams.
Flowers in summer.

Perrenial Raspwort
Haloragis heterophylla
Plant with many stems to shin high. Grows in woodl and mallee.
Flowers in summer.

Raspwort
Gonocarpus mezianus
Plant with many stems to shin high. Grows on rocky sites in the hills.
Flowers in spring and summer.

Creeping Raspwort
Gonocarpus micranthus
Creeping plant with short upright stems. Grows in boggy places.
Flowers in summer.

Broad Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum amphibium
Mat forming marsh plant 5-7 cm tall.

False Buckrush
Gyrostmon australasicus
Twiggy soft woody shrub to waist high. Grows in heath country.
Flowers in winter to early summer.

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Common woodrush
Luzula meridionalis
Small perennial with slender, rather flaccid tufts, bulbous at base.