Plants of the Murray Mallee
This is a photographic study of the plants of the region. The botanical names have been taken from nearby botanical surveys and may not be accurate. Any corrections to these would be most welcome.
References:
Licencing:
Plants of the Murray Mallee |
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selection of plants found in the Mallee region near Swan
Reach, South Australia. This region has significant limestone deposits
in sheet and pebble form, and usually quite thin soils. This is a photographic study of the plants of the region. The botanical names have been taken from nearby botanical surveys and may not be accurate. Any corrections to these would be most welcome. References: Licencing: |
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| Eucalyptus Gracilis |
Yorrel. A mallee eucalypt. |
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| Eucalyptus Oleosa | Giant Mallee. One of the larger
mallee trees, quite impressive. |
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| Eucalyptus Socialis | Pointed Mallee. Very common
species. |
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| Eucalyptus Anceps |
Kangaroo Island Mallee. Somewhat
uncommon. |
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| Myoporum Platycarpum | Sugarwood. Common leafy tree to about 6m with small white flowers often quite prolific and long lasting. | |
| Santalum Acuminatum |
Quandong. Small tree with edible
fruits. |
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| Large
Shrubs |
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| Acacia Nyssophilla |
Wait-a-while. Prickly wattle
shrub with attractive globular golden-yellow flowers |
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| Exocarpus Aphylla |
Leafless Ballart. Very shady but
leafless large shrub. |
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| Melaleuca Lanceolata |
Moonah. Dryland bottlebrush
flowering plant. |
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| Small
Shrubs |
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| Dodonaea Attenuata |
Narrow-leaf hopbush. While not a
true hop, the early settlers nevertheless did make beer from the fruits. |
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| Eremophila Glabra | Common Emu Bush. Very common attractive small shrub with red sigmoidal flowers. | |
| Eremophila Alternifolia | Poverty Bush. Uncommon attractive small shrub with mauve spotted or white sigmoidal flowers. | |
| Scaevola Spinescens |
Spiny Fan-Flower. Unusual
one-sided fan shaped flowers. |
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| Senna Eremophila | Cassia. Very common small shrub, very attractive when flowering. Yellow pea-like flowers very profuse in good years. | |
| Westringia Rigida |
Very common low shrub to about 0.5m with small cylindrical leaves and small white spotted long lasting flowers. | |
| Beyeria Leschenaultii |
Felted Wallaby-Bush. |
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| Smaller
Plants |
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| Atriplex Stipitata |
Kidney Saltbush. Small
dome-shaped shrub with grey green leaves. |
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| Maireana Erioclada |
Rosy Bluebush. Attractive
wheel-shaped fruits green to pink when fresh. |
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| Maireana Brevifolia |
Yanga Bush. Another bluebush
with wheel-shaped fruits. |
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| Olearia Magniflora |
Mangificent Daisy. Attractive,
large
purple daisy-like
flowering bush |
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| Rhagodia Gaudichaudiana |
Cottony Saltbush. Unusual spade
shaped leaves. |
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| Rhagodia Nutans |
Climbing Saltbush. Unusual lobed
leaves but otherwise rather forgettable. |
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| Teucreum Racemosum |
Grey Germander. Small plant with
distinctive and prolific white flowers. |
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| Thysanotus Baueri |
Mallee Fringe-lily. Small, short
lived, mauve flowers with long fringes on the petal margins. |
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| Zygophyllum Apiculatum | Gall Weed. Very common low
ground cover,
large, brilliant green leaves with attractive yellow
flowers and unusual ridged fruits. Doesn't deserve the name. |
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| Zygophyllum Aurantiacum | Shrubby Twinleaf. Very common small woody shrub, small twinned leaves with attractive yellow flowers and four-winged fruits. | |
| Unidentified Plants | ||
| Unidentified Plants |
Various attractive flowers and
plants not yet identified. |
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