Table key
The table below uses letters to denote the type of environment the species are suited to:
- A plants are adaptable, growing well in most soil types and aspects
- C plants are for coast – dune scrub and woodland
- D plants prefer dry, well-drained soils and tolerates dryness once established
- S plants prefer or tolerate full shade
- H plants prefer heath or woodland
- W plants prefer or tolerate moist soils, wetness and periodic inundation
Please note, all indigenous plants provide habitat and food for local birds, insects and other native animals.
Species name | Common name | Mature size range (HxW) | Key | |
Acaena novae-zelandiae | Bidgee-widgee | Prostrate 1m x 4m | CSA | |
Actites megalocarpus | Dune Thistle | 10cm x 60cm | C | |
Acrotriche serrulata | Honey-pots | 10–30cm x 30cm–1m | HD | |
Amperea xiphoclada | Broom Spurge | 30–80cm x 40–50cm | HD | |
Apium prostratum ssp prostratum | Sea Celery | 5–30cm x 1–2m | CW | |
Arthropodium strictum | Chocolate Lily | 20cm–1.2m x 20–80cm | HA | |
Bossiaea prostrata | Creeping Bossiaea | Prostrate 50cm x 1.5m | HD | |
Brachyscome parvula | Coast Daisy | 10–45cm x 1–2m | CW | |
Burchardia umbellata | Milkmaids | 20–65cm x 12cm | HDW | |
Carpobrotus rossii | Karkalla | Prostrate 2–3m | CD | |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Common Everlasting | Prostrate 20cm x 1–2m | HD | |
Coronidium scorpioides | Button Everlasting | 20–30cm x 20–30cm | HD | |
Dichondra repens | Kidney-weed | Prostrate x 1–2m | HCA | |
Disphyma crassifolium | Rounded Noon-flower | Prostrate x 1–2m | CA | |
Einadia nutans | Nodding Saltbush | 30cm–1.5m x 50cm–2m | HCDA | |
Frankenia pauciflora | Southern Sea-heath | Prostrate 30cm x 30cm–1m | CD | |
Geranium solanderi | Austral Cranesbill | Prostrate 50cm x 60cm–1.5m | HA | |
Gonocarpus tetragynus | Poverty Raspwort | 10–30cm x 20–40cm | HA | |
Goodenia geniculata | Bent Goodenia | 5–10cm x 10–50cm | HA | |
Hibbertia acicularis | Prickly Guinea-flower | Prostate 30cm x 30–60cm | HD | |
Hydrocotyle laxiflora | Stinking Pennywort | Prostrate H 10 - 40 cm x W 1.0 - 2.0 m | W | |
Isotoma fluviatilis ssp australis | Swamp Isotome | Prostrate W to 1m | W | |
Kennedia prostrata | Running Postman | Prostrate 1–2.5m | HCD | |
Lagenophora stipitata | Common Bottle-daisy | 5–25cm x 10cm | HCA | |
Laxmannia orientalis | Dwarf Wire Lily | 2–15cm x 5–15cm | HD | |
Lobelia anceps | Angled Lobelia | Prostrate 30cm x 30cm–1m | HW | |
Lobelia pratioides | Poison Lobelia | Prostrate 30cm x 50cm–1.5m | HW | |
Opercularia ovata | Broad-leaf Stinkweed | 15cm x 5–30cm | HA | |
Opercularia varia | Variable Stinkweed | 25cm x 35cm | HDS | |
Pelargonium australe | Austral Stork’s-bill | 30–60cm x 30cm–1m | CA | |
Pelargonium inodorum | Kopata | 5–35cm x 30–70cm | HA | |
Pimelea humilis | Common Rice-flower | 10–50cm x 30cm–1m | HA | |
Platylobium obtusangulum | Common Flat-pea | 60cm–1m x 60cm–1.8 | HD | |
Platysace heterophylla | Slender Platysace | 20–35cm x 30–60cm | HDW | |
Sarcocornia quinqueflora ssp. quinqueflora | Beaded Glasswort or Samphire | Prostrate 30cm x 30cm–1m | CW | |
Selliera radicans | Shiny Swamp-mat | Prostrate 4cm x 1–1.5m | CW | |
Stylidium graminifolium | Grass Trigger-plant | 20–75cm x 10–50cm | HDW | |
Tetragonia implexicoma | Bower Spinach | Prostrate 1m x 2–5m | CA | |
Tetragonia tetragonioides | New Zealand Spinach | Prostrate 20cm x 1–1.5m | CA | |
Viola hederacea | Ivy-leaf or Native violet | Prostrate 15cm x 1–2m | HCWS |