PlantsOs-Ro

Common Buttercup
Ranunculus lappaceus
Herb to shin or knee high. Grows in woodlands.
Flowers winter to early summer.

Old Man's Beard
Clematis microphylla
Climber into adjacent bushes. Grows in woodland and mallee.
Flowers winter to spring.

Bidgee-widgee
Acaena novae-zelandiae
Ground running plant forming mats. Grows in grassy areas of woodland.
Flowers spring and early summer.

A Sheep's Burr
Acaena agnipila
Perrenial herb usually 20-50cm tall.

A Sheep's Burr
Acaena echinata
Perrenial herb usually 25-40cm tall.

Small leaved Raspberry
Rubus parvifolius
A scrambling plant much less vigorous than Blackberry weeds. Grows in woodlands.
Flowers early summer.

Bitter Cryptandra
Cryptandra amara
Shrub to knee high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers winter and spring.

Prickly Cryptandra
Cryptandra tomentosa
Shrub to shin high. Grows in heath and mallee.
Flowers winter to spring.

Heath Spyridium
Spyridium eriocephalum
Twiggy shrub to waist high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Dusty Miller
Spyridium parvifolium
Slender shrub to chest high. Grows in wet areas.
Flowers in early spring.

Velvet Spyridium
Spyridium subochreatum
Spreading open shrub to waist high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers in spring to early summer.

Thyme-leaved Spyridium
Spyridium thymifolium
Small shrub to knee high. Grows in sandy heath and near the coast.
Flowers spring to summer.

Winged Spyridium
Spyridium vexilliferum
Small slender shrub to thigh high. Grows in wet stoney areas.
Flowers most of the year.

Wedge-leaf Pomaderris
Pomaderris obcordata
Photo taken at Monarto Conservation Park, South Australia - June 13th, 2015 - Mild, overcast conditions growing in sand

Butterfly Spyridium
Spyridium coactilifolium
Shrub to knee high. Grows in small area near Victor Harbor and Newland Head. Rare.
Flowers in summer.

Narrow leaved Spyridium
Spyridium phylicoides
Low shrub. Grows in heath and mallee. Rare in this region.Rare.
Flowers in spring and summer.

Scale Shedder
Lepidobolus drapetocoleus
30cm tall. Plants with terminal heads. Scales along stems soon fall off.

River Buttercup
Ranunculus amphitrichus
Perennial herb to 40cm high. Grows in wet places.
Flowers in spring.

Small-flowered Buttercup
Ranunculus sessiliflorus
Annual herb to 5-35cm high. Flowers are almost stalkless.

Honeysuckle Grevillea
Grevillea juncifolia
Erect shrub, 4 to 7 metres high. Found in the dry inland regions of all mainland states except Victoria. It usually occurs on deep sandy or gravelly soils in light scrub country.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Holly-leaved Grevillea
Grevillea ilicifolia
Spreading shrub to shoulder high. Grows in sand in mallee or heath.
Flowers in spring.

Lavendar Grevillea
Grevillea lavandulacea
Small sprawling untidy shrub to knee high.Grows in heath, scrub and forest.
Flowersmuch of the year.

Comb Grevillea
Grevillea huegelii
Prickly shrub to waist or shoulder high. Grows near foothills and semi arid plains north of Adelaide.
Flowers Spring and Summer.

Silver Banksia
Banksia marginata
Shrub to head high or small tree. Widespread in the Adelaide Hills.
Flowers most of the year.

Slender Smokebush
Conospermum patens
Single erect stem to chest high. Grows in sand in mallee or woodland.
Flowers in winter to summer

Cone bush
Isopogon ceratpohyllus
Prickly dense shrub to knee high. Grows in sand in mallee or heath.
Flowers in winter to summer

Beaked Hakea
Hakea rostrata
Shrub over head high. Grows in forest or woodland.
Flowers winter and spring.

Hakea
Hakea carinata
Erect untidy shrub to shoulder high. Grows in forests and mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Desert Banksia
Banksia ornata
Busht shrub to head high. Grows in sandy soil.
Flowers most of the year.

Desert Hakea
Hakea muelleriana
Erect rounded shrub to head high. Grows in heath and mallee in sand.
Flowers in spring and summer.

Striped Hakea
Hakea vittata
Straggling much branched shrub to head high. Grows in sand or limestone in mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Dwarf Hakea
Hakea rugosa
Intricate spreading shrub to waist high. Grows in forest, woodland, mallee and coastal sites.
Flowers in winter and spring.

Prickly Geebung
Persoonia juniperina
Shrub to about knee high. Grows in high rainfall forest but not common.
Flowers in summer.

Fennel Pondweed.
Potamogeton pectinatus
IStems to 3 m long in fresh water.

Widgeon Grass
Ruppia megacarpa
Stems to 2.5 m long in salty water.

Love Creeper
Comesperma volubile
Twining wiry shrub climbing into nearby plants. Grows in heath and mallee.
Flowers in spring to summer.

Creeping Brookweed
Samolus repens
IGround running plant to shin high. Grows in moist ground including salt-swamp edges.
Flowers most of the year.

Small Purslane
Calandrinia eremaea
Small herb to ankle high. Widespread in drier areas.
Flowers in spring.

White Purslane
Montia australasica
Herb with ground-running stems. Grows in moist areas including ponds, swamps and creeks.
Flowers late spring, summer and autumn.

Pigmy Purslane
Calandrinia granulifera
Tiny herb to ankle high. Grows most often in sandy soil.
Flowers in spring and summer.

Munyeroo Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Ground-running fleshy herb. Grows in disturbed areas and often as dense mats of many plants.
Flowers in spring and summer.

Water-blinks
Montia fontana
Tufted herb with upright stems. Grows in moist areas along streams including salt swamp edges.
Flowers in spring.

Climbing Lignum
Muehlenbeckia adpressa
Climbing plant twining into nearby shrubs and trees. Grows along the coast, in the foothills and mallee.
Flowers most of the year.

Lignum
Muehlenbeckia cunninghamii
Very tangled twiggy plant to head high. Grows on flood plains and along the edges of salty swamps.
Flowers spring and summer.

Coastal Lignum
Muehlenbeckia gunnii
Climbing plant twining into nearby shrubs and trees. Grows along the coast.
Flowers most of the year.

Trailing Knotweed
Persicaria prostrata
Spreading ground plant with some upright stems. Grows at the edge of permanent water.
Flowers in summer.

Pale Knotweed
Polygonum lapathifolium
Plant to 1 metre high. Also in New Zealand and Africa.

Blue-spike Milkwort
Comesperma calymega
Small erect plant to shin high. Grows in heath, mallee and woodland.
Flowers in spring to early summer.

Small Milkwort
Comesperma polygaloides
Small erect plant to shin high. Grows in heath, mallee and woodland. Rare.
Flowers in spring to early summer.

Narrow-leaved Plantain
Plantago gaudichaudii
Herb to shin high. Usually grows near the coast.
Flowers winter and spring.

Variable Plantain
Plantago varia
Herb to shin high. Grows mainly near the coast.
Flowers winter and spring.

Plantain
Plantago hispida
Herb to shin high. Usually grows near the coast.
Flowers winter and spring.

Sago Weed
Plantago drummondii
Herb to shin high. Grows in semi arid areas.
Flowers early spring.

Apple-berry
Billardiera uniflora
Twining climber to waist high. Grows in mallee.
Flowers in spring.

Finger flower. Hand flower.
Cheiranthera alternifolia
Shrub with few straggling stems to about thigh high. Widespread but not abundant in any one place.
Flowers in spring.

Sweet Apple-berry
Billardiera versicolor
Twining climber. Grows in the hills and mallee country.
Flowers mostly in spring.

Sweet Bursaria Christmas Bush
Bursaria spinosa
Much branched shrub to head high or small tree. Grows in a wide range of sites.
Flowers early summer

Orange Bell Creeper
Billardiera bignoniacea
Slender twiner. Widespread in wet forests as a twiner over small undershrubs.
Flowers in summer

Native Apricot
Pittosporum phylliraeoides
Small tree with weeping branches. Widespread in drier areas and mallee but not common in any one area.
Flowers winter and spring.

Sweet Apple-berry
Billardiera cymosa
Twiner or sprawling shrub. Grows in hills and semi arid mallee.
Flowers in summer

Sweet Apple-berry
Billardiera sericophora
Spreading plant trailing into nearby plants. Grows in hills and mallee.
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 Oxalis
Oxalis perennans
Ground creeping herb to ankle high. Widespread in varied sites.
Flowers most of the year.

Creeping Oxalis
Oxalis corniculata
Similar to Oxalis perennans. Widespread in varied sites.
Flowers spring to late summer.

Native Oxalis
Oxalis radicosa
Similar to Oxalis perrennans.
Flowers autumn to spring.

King Fern
Todea barbara
Classified as endangered in South Australia the king-fern is worthy of its name. Fronds are up to 2 m long. It survives in scattered localities in the Mt Lofty Ranges near springs.

Common Reed
Phragmites australis
Large perennial grass found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.

Windmill Grass
Chloris truncate
A short-lived, warm season, prostrate perennial to usually less than 50cm tall

Coast Pomaderris
Pomaderris oraria
Shrub to knee or waist high. Grows along the rocky coast.
Flowers mostly in spring.