Sunday Creek Plants
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Trees Acacia
Trees Ac - Eu
Trees D-Er
Trees Eucalyptus and Corymbia
Trees Ev -L
Trees M -Z
Shrubs A - E
Shrubs F - Z
Vines, mistletoes and orchid
Native grasses - red soil
Native grasses - clay soils
Forbs - blue and purple flowers
Forbs - yellow flowers A - L
Forbs - yellow flowers M - Z
Forbs - red, peach and orange flowers
Forbs - pink and mauve flowers
Forbs - green and/or very small flowers
Forbs - white flowers
Introduced pastures
Problem weeds
Minor weeds
Sedges
Native grass - both red and clay soil
Aquatics
Buchnera linearis
Family: Orobanchaceae.
Common name: Blackrod.
Uncommon.
Buchnera urticifolia
Family: Orobanchaceae.
Common name: Blackrod.
Heavy soil.
Commelina ensifolia
Family: Commelinaceae
An attractive wet season annual.
Cullen plumosum
Family: Leguminosae.
The flowers are very small.
Cullen pustulatum
Family: Leguminosae
I have seen this lanky plant in only one place on the station.
Cyanotis axillaris
Family: Commelinaceae
Common name: Blue ears
I have seen this growing under bulwaddi in a very wet season, and on heavy clay soil.
Cyanthilliam cinereum
Family: Asteraceae
Evolvulus alsinoides
Family: Convolvulaceae
Common name: Tropical speedwell.
This plant also occurs in India and southern Africa. It is used in herbal medicine.
Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens
Family: Convolvulaceae
This variety is uncommon on Sunday Creek.
Hybanthus enneaspermus
Family: Violaceae
Common name: Purple spade flower.
'Hybanthus' is from the Greek for 'humpbacked flower'.
Ipomoea sp.
Family: Convolvulaceae
This plant is yet to be described and named.
Polymeria ambigua
Family: Convolvulaceae
'Polymeria' means 'many parts', referring to the branched style.
Pterocaulon sphacelatum
Family: Asteraceae.
Solanum tumulicola
Family: Solanaceae.
Common name: Wild tomato.
This spindly 30cm plant is sometimes seen on heavy clay soils.
Stemodia glabella
Family: Plantaginaceae.
Common name: Smooth bluerod.
A perennial herb, 0.15–0.5 m high, flowering Mar–Oct. Occurs on clay and banks of wet places.
Stemodia tephropelina
Family: Plantaginaceae
This is a little herb growing on seasonally inundated heavy soil, flowering in the dry season.
Striga curviflora
Family: Orobanchaceae
Common name: Witchweed. Hemi-parasitic.
Tephrosia brachyodon
Family: Fabaceae
This plant may have either purple or white flowers, with purple being the more common.
Trichodesma zeylanicum
Family: Boraginaceae
Common name: Camel Bush
This is a large (1m) shrubby annual.