Asparagus fern or Sprenger's asparagus
A perennial groundcover plant with sprawling wiry stems to 2 metres long arising from underground rhizomes. The small flat needle-like leaves are arranged in clusters of 2-5, 15-25mm long by 2-3mm wide. Small spines may be present in the leaf ... [... more]
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Fishbone fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)
A fish-bone type of fern, it forms dense clumps of erect fronds to 75 cm long. The fronds are compound, with numerous leaflets, longest near the middle of the frond and tapering in size at either end. The margins of each leaflet are finely ... [... more]
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Whisky grass (Andropogon virginicus)
A tall grass (to 1m) with a distinctive erect, columnar habit and curly leaves. It is an orange-brown colour during the warmer months, and fades to straw-coloured during winter. Seed is surrounded by white hairs to about 1cm long, giving the ... [... more]
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Roldana (Roldana petasitis)
A dense bushy perennial but not very woody shrub 1.5 to 2m high with softly hairy stems. Leaves are alternate, very large (to 20 x 20cm) and almost circular, softly hairy, with bluntly lobed margins and a long leaf stalk. Flowers are daisies with ... [... more]
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Common thornapple (Datura stramonium)
All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans with some early records of child deaths after eating the seeds. Some people may develop headache, nausea or dermatitis from close contact with the plant. Toxicity to stock is variable. Horses and ... [... more]
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Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus species aggregate)
Deciduous spreading shrub 1 to 2m high, with large triangular backward-pointing thorns on stems and leaves. Compound leaves with 3 or 5 wrinkled leaflets, which have a white underside. Flowers are large (2-3cm) and white petalled. Blackberry ... [... more]
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Fleabane (Conyza albida)
An erect annual herb, usually about 1m high and single stemmed but large plants may reach 2m and be branched. Stems and leaves are finely hairy. Leaves are grey green and narrow. Flowers carried in branched heads with each cluster of tiny flowers ... [... more]
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Box elder (Acer negundo)
A small deciduous tree to about 8m high. Older bark is rough and grey-brown, but new shoots have a waxy white to blue coating. Leaves are compound, with 3-7 leaflets. Flowers are inconspicuous, and are followed by large clusters of drooping green ... [... more]
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Asparagus scandens
Relatively small scrambling plant with wiry stems, which tends to behave more as a groundcover, or climb a short distance into shrubs and small trees. Bridal creeper has glossy, thin, bright green leaves, to 7cm long by 3cm wide, with close ... [... more]
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African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)
Declared noxious in Eurobodalla, Shoalhaven and Illawarra LGA's in category W2 (must be continuously suppressed and destroyed). Boxthorn forms a large intricately branched shrub, which may sometimes climb into trees. The plant is covered in long ... [... more]
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Ludwigia or water primrose (Ludwigia peruviana) NO PHOTO
A large herb rooted at the water's edge and growing out as a floating mat over the water. Mats may become free-floating. Stems are up to 3m high, branching and woody. Leaves are deciduous in winter in Sydney but evergreen further north. They are ... [... more]
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Bulbs: Montbretia (Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora )
Plants which grow from a bulb or corm are usually visible above ground for only part of the year. This is the case for most of the plants illustrated here, except for aristea which grows from a rhizome rather than a bulb, and has foliage visible ... [... more]
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