Australian Plants - Photos, (images), and descriptions by Peter Jones

<BODY BACKGROUND= "tree.gif" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#800080" ALINK="#ff0000"> <FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Times New Roman"> <CENTER><H1>AUSTRALIAN PLANTS - PHOTOS</H1></CENTER> <CENTER><H3><I>by Peter Jones</I></H3></CENTER> <CENTER>All plants were photographed in southern Queensland. Best viewed at 800 X 600 resolution. <I>Click on thumbnail to view enlargement</I></CENTER><BR> This site is best viewed with a frames enabled browser. 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ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP><A HREF="http://www.ozemail.aust.com/~graemebr/"><FONT SIZE="-1">Native Orchid Society</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <CENTER><TABLE CELLSPACING=10 BORDER=0> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="acaciamac.jpg" ><IMG SRC="thacacmac.jpg" ALT="acacia macradenia" WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF=" aotuseric.jpg "><IMG SRC="thaotus.jpg" ALT="aotus lanigera"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="boroniaros.jpg"><IMG SRC="thboronia.jpg" ALT="boronia ros."WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF=" rockyrambl.jpg" ><IMG SRC="throcky.jpg" ALT="cal rocky rambler"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF=" carpobrotus.jpg" ><IMG SRC="thcarpobr.jpg" ALT="carpobrotus"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Acacia macradenia</I> &nbsp<A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1">(description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Aotus lanigera</I> &nbsp<A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1">(description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Boronia rosmarinifolia</I> &nbsp<A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1">(description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Callistemon pearsonii "Rocky Rambler"</I> &nbsp<A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1">(description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Carpobrotus aequilaterus</I> &nbsp<A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1">(description)</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="dendrob2.jpg" ><IMG SRC="thdendrfal.jpg" ALT="Dendrobium falcorostrum"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="elaeocar.jpg"><IMG SRC="thelaeocarp.jpg" ALT="Elaeocarpus reticulatus"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="hakeaflo.jpg"><IMG SRC="thhakflo.jpg" ALT="Hakea florulenta"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="minihaha.jpg"><IMG SRC="thminihaha.jpg" ALT="Minihaha"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="hymenosporum.jpg"><IMG SRC="thhymeno.jpg" ALT="Hymenosporum flavum"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Dendrobium falcorostrum</I><A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Elaeocarpus reticulatus</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Hakea florulenta</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Hardenbergia "Minihaha"</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Hymenosporum flavum</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="hibberscan.jpg"><IMG SRC="thhibscan.jpg" ALT="Hibbertia scandens"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="ozotham.jpg"><IMG SRC="thozotham.jpg" ALT="ozothamnus dios."WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="pavetta.jpg"><IMG SRC="thpavetta.jpg" ALT="Pavetta australiensis"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="pimelealin.jpg"><IMG SRC="thpimlin.jpg" ALT="Pimelea linifolia"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="psychotria.jpg"> <IMG SRC="thpsychotria.jpg" ALT=" Psychotria loniceroides"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Hibbertia scandens</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Ozothamnus diosmifolius</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Pavetta australiensis</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Pimelea linifolia</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Psychotria loniceroides</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="pultretusa.jpg"><IMG SRC="thpultretusa.jpg" ALT="Pultenea retusa"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="syzcrypt.jpg"><IMG SRC="thsyzcryp.jpg" ALT="Syz~ cryptophlebium"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="syzpanic.jpg"><IMG SRC="thsyzpanic.jpg" ALT="Syz~ paniculatum"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="tecomanthe.jpg"><IMG SRC="thtecoman.jpg" ALT="Tecomanthe hilli "WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="toechima.jpg"><IMG SRC="thtoechima.jpg" ALT="Toechima dasyrrache"WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=80></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Pultenea retusa</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Syzygium wilsonii subsp cryptophlebium</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Syzygium paniculatum</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Tecomanthe hilli "Roaring Meg"</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Toechima dasyrrache</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="accomp.jpg"><IMG SRC=" thaccomp.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Acacia complanata"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="angophora.jpg"><IMG SRC="thangophora.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Angophora woodsiana"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="brachyscome.jpg"><IMG SRC="thbrachyscome.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Brachyscome multifida"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="commer~1.jpg"><IMG SRC="thcommersonia.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="77" ALT="Commersonia"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="grevbailey.jpg"><IMG SRC="thgrevbailey.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="81" ALT="Grev. baileyana"></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Acacia complanata</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Angophora woodsiana</I><A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Brachyscome multifida</I><A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Commersonia bartramia</I><A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Grevillea baileyana</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="hibgeran.jpg"><IMG SRC="thhibgeran.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="80" ALT="Hibiscus geranoides"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="parsonsia.jpg"><IMG SRC="thparsonsia.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="81" ALT="Parsonsia straminea"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="randia.jpg"><IMG SRC="thrandia.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="79" ALT="Randia fitzalanii"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="thysanotus.jpg"><IMG SRC="ththysan.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="78" ALT="Thysanotus tuberosus"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Hibiscus geranoides</I><A HREF="#ee"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Parsonsia straminea</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Randia fitzalanii</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Thysanotus tuberosus</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I></I><A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> description)</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="acmenahem.jpg"><IMG SRC="thacmenahem.jpg" ALT="Acmena hemilampra"WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=120></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="alloxyl.jpg"><IMG SRC="thalloxyl.jpg" ALT="Alloxylon flammeum"WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=120></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="breynia.jpg"><IMG SRC="thbreynia.jpg" ALT="Breynia sp "Iron Range""WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=120></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="patersonia.jpg"><IMG SRC="thpaterson.jpg" ALT="Patersonia sp"WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=120></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="pullea.jpg"><IMG SRC="thpullea.jpg" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="120" ALT="Pullea stutzeri"></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Acmena hemilampra (new growth)</I> &nbsp<A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Alloxylon flammeum</I> &nbsp<A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Breynia sp "Iron Range"</I> &nbsp <A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Patersonia sp</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Pullea stutzeri</I><A HREF="#pp"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><A HREF="dianellabrev.jpg"><IMG SRC="thdianbrevi.jpg" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="121" ALT="Dianella"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130><I>Dianella brevipedunculata</I><A HREF="#aa"><FONT SIZE="-1"> (description)</FONT></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=130> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <H2><B><CENTER>Australian Plants Descriptions</CENTER></B></H2> <A NAME="aa"></A> <B>Abrophyllum ornans</B> Shrub to 6m with large leaves and prominent veins. Small yellow flowers are followed by clusters of purplish - black berries in winter.<BR> <B>Acacia complanata</B> Flat-Stemmed Wattle. Shrub to small tree with yellow ball flowers for several months of the year. Green stems are flattened or angular.<BR> <B>Acacia concurrens</B> Late Flowering Black Wattle. Tree to 10m with leaves (phyllodes) variable but to about 15cm long and 5cm wide, producing flowers in 8cm spikes in August, the colour varying from pale yellow to lemon. Similar to Acacia leiocalyx, but he part attaching the phyllode to the stem (pulvinus) is &gt 5mm long, whereas the former is &lt 5mm.<BR> <B>Acacia decora</B> Pretty Wattle. 4m shrub with narrow greyish leaves and golden ball flowers in August<BR> <B>Acacia falcata</B> A wattle to 3m with blue-green curved leaves and cream ball flowers in winter.<BR> <B>Acacia macradenia</B> Zig Zag Wattle. Shrub or small tree to 4m. Branches are zig-zag and pendulous. Masses of golden ball flowers in July/August.<BR> <B>Acacia perangusta</B> Eprapah Wattle. 6m small tree with dense foliage to ground level, covered with bright yellow ball flowers in August. Very similar to Acacia fimbriata, but the very leaves to 7cm long are narrower and longer than those of A. fimbriata (Brisbane Wattle).<BR> <B>Acmena hemilampra</B> Blush Satinash. Small bushy rainforest tree with brilliant bronze new growth. White globular fruit.<BR> <B>Allocasuarina littoralis</B> Black Sheoak. Tree to 7m. Separate male and female plants. Male flowers, shown in photograph, form on the ends of the leaves in winter giving the tree the appearance of being "on fire". Insignificant female flowers are also red, formed along branches. Small woody fruiting cones follow. In disturbed areas it germinates like hair on a cat's back and can form thickets. Parrots eat the seeds. Leaf litter can hinder growth and germination of other plants.<BR> <B>Alloxylon flammeum</B> (formerly Oreocallis wickhamii) Tree Waratah. Spectacular red waratah-like flowers outside the foliage in Spring. Rainforest tree.<BR> <B>Alocasia macrorrhiza</B> Cunjevoi. An aroid to 2m tall. Very large leaves to 40cm wide. Small flowers in a spike are followed by red berries in summer. Plant needs lots of water, and all parts of it are poisonous. Rainforest plant.<BR> <B>Amorphophallus capanulatus</B> Stinking Snakeskin lilly. A very interesting plant. An aroid which dies back to an underground tuber before winter and reappears in summer. The stems are rough, patterned like a snake skin, and may be 1.5m high, with divided leaves to 1m across. The photographed plant has a total of 6 stems of varying sizes from the one tuber. It has not yet flowered after 18 months in the ground, but usually the flowers produce a bad odour. These are followed by red berries. A rainforest plant. There is also a sweet smelling species with smooth stems -Amorphophallus galbra.<BR> <B>Angophora woodsiana</B> Medium to tall woodland tree, with a slender trunk and grey scaly bark and opposite leaves. Flowers prolifically in December. Angophoras look exactly like eucalypts, except they are missing the bud caps which eucalypyts shed as flowers appear.<BR> <B>Aotus lanigera</B> Small shrub to 2m, often in understorey. Yellow pea flowers along stem in September/ October. Fine foliage.<BR> <B>Banksia integrifolia</B> Coast Banksia. Often seen as a small tree in gardens, this plant can grow to over 15m. Flowers in autumn with lemon flower spikes. Juvenile leaves are serated. Leaf undersides are silvery. This local form has longer leaves than the one usually obtained from nurseries.<BR> <B>Banksia spinulosa</B> Golden Candlesticks. Shrub to 3m with the yellow to golden flower spikes sometimes longer than 30cm, mainly in autumn. Leaves are narrow and toothed. The fruiting cone retains the seeds, usually releasing them after a fire.<BR> <B>Boronia lediifolia</B> syn. B. rosmarinifolia. Forest boronia. Small understorey shrub with fine leaves with prominent midveins and blunt tips. 4-petalled pink flowers in winter and early spring. (I'll get a better photo next year!<BR> <B>Brachychiton bidwillii</B> Little Kurrajong. Shrub to 4m. The pink to deep red bell flowers in clusters usually occur when plant is deciduous in spring, although some plants seem to have flowers throughout the year.<BR> <B>Brachyscome multifida</B>Hawkesbury River Daisy. Small mauve flowers. A small, round, spreading rockery plant.<BR> <B>Breynia sp. "Iron Range"</B> Large upright shrub with dark red elliptical leaves to about 5cm long.<BR> <B>Buckinghamia celsissima</B> Ivory Curl. A dense rainforest tree to about 10m used extensively as a street tree in Brisbane. In summer the tree may be covered by the long creamy flower spikes (20cm) similar to grevilleas, as are the fruits.<BR> <B>Callistemon pachyphyllus</B> Wallum Bottlebrush. The most usual form is a small upright shrub with red flowers. The form shown in the photo is a low spreading shrub with thick green bottlebrush flowers, flowering several times per year.<BR> <B>Callistemon pearsonii "Rocky Rambler"</B> One of several forms from Blackdown Tablelands, Central Queensland. Prostrate shrub with gold tipped red bottlebrush flowers several times per year. (Yes, I need a better photo!)<BR> <B>Calostemma luteum</B> Garland lily. A small plant with strap-like leaves to 40cm. Plants die back to the tuber in dry times. Heads of bright yellow flowers develop from a flowering stalk in summer. There are similar plants with pink or bright red flowers. (see next) Needs full sun.<BR> <B>Calostemma species</B> Similar to Calostemma luteum above, but has pink flowers with some yellow in the centres. There is also a type which has deep red flowers.<BR> <B>Carpobrotus aequilaterus</B> Pigface. Excellent groundcover with dark fleshy leaves and stems. Large pink flowers with yellow centres.<BR> <B>Commersonia bartramia</B> Medium, spreading tree, bushy to ground level, often seen growing on the banks of streams, and having a layered appearance. An abundance of creamy-white flowers in heads in Summer. Large, thin leaves. Fast growing.<BR> <B>Cryptocarya mackinnoniana</B>Rusty Laurel. A bushy tree with bright red-brown new growth which hangs limply from the branches. Leaves are large to 30cm. My plant seems to have a high water demand.<BR> <B>Daviesia umbellata</B> Native Gorse. Prickly shrub to 1m with small narrow spiky leaves, producing small pea flowers along the arching stems. Flowers are mostly yellow with red centres.<BR> <B>Delarbrea michieana</B> A slender rainforest shrub with a crown of large pinnate leaves to about 1m long. Showy masses of dark blue shiny fruit are borne beneath the foliage. An understorey plant.<BR> <B>Dendrobium falcorostrum</B> Beech Orchid. White flowers to 2.5cm across in spring.<BR> <B>Dianella brevipedunculata</B> A tufty plant with small blue flowers followed by 1cm dark purple berries. Leaves are strap-like, weeping, to 1 metre.<BR> <A NAME="ee"></A> <B>Elaeagnus triflora</B> (syn. E. latifolia) Millaa Millaa. A rambling vine with leaves about 7 cm long having metallic silvery undersides. 1 cm white flowers occur in late winter to spring, followed by 2 cm red fruits.<BR> <B>Elaeocarpus reticulatus</B> Blueberry Ash. Small tree with white or pink skirt-like flowers in spring, followed by blue berries. Dark green serrated leaves.<BR> <B>Elaeocarpus grandis</B> Blue Quandong. A fast growing, large, spreading rainforest tree, which is conspicuous because of the presence of old leaves turned red, as seen in the photograph. White skirt-like flowers in summer are followed by metallic blue fruits 3cm diameter, which contain a hard pitted centre.<BR> <B>Eucalytpus planchoniana</B> Porcupine Stringybark, Planchon's Stringybark, Bastard Tallowwood. Large tree with red-brown stringybark, long bluish-green leaves to 20cm. White flowers in December to January are followed by large ribbed gumnuts to about 2cm diameter.<BR> <B>Eucalyptus ptychocarpa</B> A small tree to about 6m with large leaves, especially when juvenile. Masses of showy, large 7cm flowers are usually pink to red, but white ones occur on some trees. These are very bird attractant. Everybody with a garden should have one!<BR> <B>Eucalyptus racemosa</B> Northern Scribbly Gum. A tall tree to 15m. Bark is usually mostly bluish, but in late spring often shows yellowish patches. The "scribbles" in the bark are caused by an insect, and are found on the southern side of the tree. Flowers in spring. A koala food tree.<BR> <B>Evodiella muelleri</B> One of my favourites; everyone in the right climate should grow one (or more) of these delightful rainforest shrubs. Mine flowers 3 or 4 times per year. You have to look inside the foliage to really appreciate the masses of beautiful lolly-pink flowers crowded along the branches. Flowers are followed by aromatic, 4-lobed fruits about 2.5cm across. The plant is related to the better known Pink-flowered Evodia - Melicope elleryana (formerly Euodia elleryana) and has similar leaves, but smaller, and a much denser and more tidy appearance, and is much smaller. So plant one!<BR> <B>Gahnia aspera</B> A dense tufting plant to 75 cm, with strap-like leaves with fine serrations which can cut your skin. Reddish seeds on spikes appear within the foliage. Difficult to propagate.<BR> <B>Grevillea baileyana</B> (formerly G. pinnatifida) White Oak. A rainforest tree to 8m. Tree is covered in creamy cylindrical flower spikes in late spring. Large glossy green leaves, divided when young. Underside is gold changing to a silvery grey. Attractive all year round.<BR> <B>Grevillea banksii - prostrate form</B> Banks' Grevillea. A groundcover which has greyish green divided leaves. The red flower spikes are about 10cm long and occur through the year. The usual naturally growing form of Grevillea banksii is a large narrow shrub 7m tall (Yeppoon to Byfield) with mostly red flowers or to 4m tall with mostly white flowers (Bundaberg to Maryborough) in spring. However the most commonly grown form is a 3m shrub with red flowers throughout the year.<BR> <B>Hakea florulenta</B> Small upright shrub, white claw flowers in early spring, followed by woody fruits. Grey-green slender leaves to 12cm long.<BR> <B>Hardenbergia "Minihaha"</B> Small spreading dense shrub with dark purple pea flowers.<BR> <B>Hibbertia scandens</B> Snake Vine, Guinea Flower. Climber or groundcover. Broad leaves, fleshy stems, 5cm yellow flowers followed by orange fruits.<BR> <B>Hibbertia vestita</B> Guinea Flower. Prostrate plant with bright yellow flowers 2-3cm across, late winter to spring.<BR> <B>Hibiscus geranoides</B> Shrub to 1m with 5cm pink flowers several times per year.<BR> <B>Hovea acutifolia</B> Pointed Leaf Hovea. Shrub to 3m producing 1cm purple pea flowers in August to September. The leaves are green on top, but golden brown underneath.<BR> <B>Hymenosporum flavum</B> Native Frangipani. Open, erect, rainforest tree with dark green leaves and perfumed cream to yellow flowers to 4cm.<BR> <B>Kennedia rubicunda</B> Dusky Coral Pea. Vigorous vine with large red pea flowers most of the year. It will cover a trellis and climb trees.<BR> <B>Lepidozamia peroffskyana</B>Zamia palm. Shiny green fronds on a thick trunk are up to about 2m long. Large male or female cones (on separate plants) emerge from the top of the plant.<BR> <B>Macrozamia lucida</B> A small zamiad with the trunk being subterranean. Twisted fronds. This photograph show the female cones like small pineapples at the base.<BR> <B>Macrozamia moorei</B> A large zamiad with a trunk up to 1m wide and 3m high. Many fronds which may grow to 2 or 3 m long.<BR> <B>Melaleuca leucadendron</B> Weeping Teatree. Tall stately tree to 20m along natural creek bank habitat. Some forms have weeping foliage, others are more stiff in appearance. the most striking feature is its almost pure white papery bark, whiter than other species. The white bottlebrush flowers occur in autumn. The plant is happy in clay soils.<BR> <B>Melaleuca nodosa</B> Small tree to 4m, a paperbark, which is covered in pale yellow ball flowers in spring. Leaves are fine and needlelike.<BR> <B>Melaleuca quinquenervia</B> Paperbark Tea Tree. A spreading paperbark when grown in the open, to 8m tall. It's usual habitat is swampy ground, as shown in photograph. It produces white flowers in autumn, and a strong honey. <B>Melicope elleryana</B> Pink Evodia. (formerly Euodia elleryana) A large fast growing spreading, open tree with a light coloured trunk, dark green leaves in triplets, and producing masses of pink flowers along the branches in summer. The flowers and following seeds are bird attracting.<BR> <B>Omalanthus populifolius</B> Native Bleeding Heart. Rainforest shrub to 4m tall, with the old leaves turning red. Green fruits follow the tiny green flowers.<BR> <B>Ozothamnus diosmifolius</B> (formerly Helichrysum) Sago Bush. Shrub 2 - 3m. Narrow linear leaves to 1cm. Spectacular white flower heads to 8cm across, can be used as cut flowers.<BR> <A NAME="pp"></A> <B>Parsonsia straminea</B> Silk Pod. A vine. Leaves vary in size. In old specimens the stems may be over 10cm in diameter. Flowers in December.<BR> <B>Patersonia (sericea?)</B> Native Iris, Purple Flag. About 30cm high, grey-green strap-like leaves. Lavender - purple flowers with 3 petals to 4cm across.<BR> <B>Pavetta australiensis</B> Rainforest shrub to 4m. dense terminal clusters of fragrant white flowers in October - November followed by black fruit.<BR> <B>Petalostigma pubescens</B> Quinine Bush. A small slow growing tree to 5m. The yellow to orange fruits are about 2 cm in diameter, and appear within the foliage in Autumn.<BR> <B>Pimelea linifolia</B> Rice Flower. Herbaceous shrub to about 20cm. Flowers in terminal heads vary in size and colour from plant to plant, but are usually white, occasionally pink.<BR> <B>Pittosporum rhombifolium</B> Diamond Pittosporum; White Bolly. A small rainforest tree with toothed leaves. Masses of white flowers appear in summer, followed by masses of showy orange fruits in Autumn.<BR> <B>Psychotria loniceroides</B> Rounded shrub. Small white flowers in late spring followed by yellow berries.<BR> <B>Pullea stutzeri</B> Hard Alder. Bushy rainforest tree. Serrated leaves with brilliant red new growth. Clusters of white ball flowers along the branches several times per year.<BR> <B>Pultenea retusa</B> Slender shrub to 2m. Linear leaves 1cm with indented (retused) tips. Yellow pea flowers in terminal clusters in September.<BR> <B>Randia fitzalanii</B> Yellow Mangosteen/ Native Gardenia. Small rainforest tree with large, glossy green leaves. The white flowers have a gardenia-like perfume.<BR> <B>Rhodamnia spongiosa</B> Northern Malletwood. Rainforest shrub to 4m. Red or black fruit in clusters along branches in summer. White flowers<BR> <B>Rubus hillii</B> A native raspberry. A vine with thorns and arching canes. The leaf undersides are a bronze colour. The white flowers are followed by small edible raspberry fruits.<BR> <B>Scaevola aemula "Purple Fanfare"</B> Fanflower. A dense groundcover with purple fan-shaped flowers most of the year. This plant tends to be short lived in humid S.E. Queensland. It seems to be susceptible to either too much or too little moisture.<BR> <B>Sowerbaea juncifolia</B> Vanilla Lilly. Small tufty plant with heads of lilac flowers with a vanilla perfume on stems above the foliage of cylindrical stems, in late winter to spring.<BR> <B>Stenocarpus sinuatus</B> Wheel of Fire. Bushy, narrow, rainforest tree with long, shiny, dark green leaves which are deeply lobed when tree is young. Red flowers in a wheel-like arrangement in summer. It make take up to 15 years to flower from seed.<BR> <B>Stylidium graminifolium</B> Grassy Trigger Plant. Small tufty plant with grass-like leaves. Flowers mostly pink on a single stem up to 60 cm high.<BR> <B>Syzygium angophoroides</B> Rainforest tree with papery brown bark, dark green leaves with flushes of purple/ red/ brown new growth. The fruit is small, blue to purplish and turning black.<BR> <B>Syzygium luehmannii</B> Small-leaved Lillypilly, Cherry Satinash. A beautiful and commonly grown rainforest tree with new growth changing through several colours. A very dense tree, usually narrow in habit, but can be pruned easily to shape. White terminal flowers in late spring or early summer are followed by masses of bright red pear-shaped fruit to about 1cm long. An appealing plant for many reasons.<BR> <B>Syzygium macilwraithianum</B> Large, bushy, rainforest tree with typical lillypilly leaves. White fruit about 25 mm in diameter in summer.<BR> <B>Syzygium paniculatum</B> Magenta Cherry. Dense bushy rainforest tree with typical lillypilly leaves, glossy, to 8cm long. Masses of white terminal flowers in October - November, pink - magenta fruit.<BR> <B>Syzygium wilsonii subsp cryptophlebium</B> Large shrub with spectacular limp new growth changing through cream, pink and red. Cream flowers and purple fruit.<BR> <B>Tapeinocheilos queenslandiae</B> Backscratcher Ginger. Stems to 3m high. Flowering cones on a short stem appear from the ground, and eventually open to reveal crimson bracts containiing yellow flowers in summer. A rainforest understorey plant.<BR> <B>Tecomanthe hilli</B> Fraser Island Climber. Vine with pinnate leaves usually with 3 - 7 leaflets. Beautiful lipstick pink tubular flowers 6cm long in clusters, in October. (Photo does not do it justice)<BR> <B>Thysanotus tuberosus</B>Fringed Lilly. Not noticed among the grasses etc. until the delicate 3cm mauve flowers appear in summer.<BR> <B>Toechima dasyrrache</B> Blunt-leaved Steelwood. Rainforest tree. Pinnate leaves with 2 - 4 leaflet pairs. Insignificant flowers followed by bright orange-red fruits 2cm across, 3 valved, with black seeds.<BR> <B>Wodyetia bifurcata</B> Foxtail palm. This beautiful palm is becoming fairly common in Brisbane since controversy over illegal seed collecting from its restricted North Queensland habitat. It produces bunches of large orange fruit in winter.<BR> <B>Xanthostemon chrysanthus</B> Golden Penda. A rainforest tree, but usually seen as a large shrub/ small tree in cultivation. It has dark shiny green leaves to 18 cm and showy heads of yellow flowers about 10 cm across in autumn. The cultivar "Wallum Gold" is recommended.<BR> <B><CENTER><FONT COLOR="#004040">Last updated on April, 1998</FONT></CENTER></B> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=15> <TR>  <TD ALIGN=CENTER> <B><A HREF="#top"><I><CENTER><FONT COLOR="#ff0000">back to photo<BR> thumbnails</FONT></CENTER></I></A></B> </TD>  <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP> <CENTER><FONT COLOR="#400040">No. of visitors: <BR> <IMG SRC="http://users.bit.net.au/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?dd=I|ft=6|frgb=648bd8|md=5|pad=Y|df=peterrjo_plants_count.dat" width=200> </FONT></CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> </FONT> </BODY>