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 | Common name | Sunshine Wattle | Scientific name | Acacia terminalis | Family | Fabaceae | Relatives | Other wattles, mimosa, lucaena | Habitat | Drier forest on sedimentary geology near the coast or on the coastal ranges | Local example | Snake Track | Notes | A tall shrub/small tree with 'feathery' true leaves, unlike most wattles in the area which have leaf-like stems called 'phyllodes'. Recently split to 4 subspecies - we have ssp angustifolia. |  | Common name | Native Cranberry | Scientific name | Astroloma humifusum | Family | Epacridaceae | Relatives | Other heaths (Epacris, Richea, Leucopogon etc) | Habitat | Dry forest, grassland, roadsides. | Local example | Burragate | Notes | A low mat-forming shrub with edible fruits and the parallel leaf veins characteristic of the heath family. |  | Common name | Small St John's Wort, Grassy St John's Wort | Scientific name | Hypericum gramineum | Family | Clusiaceae | Relatives | St John's Wort, Mangosteen | Habitat | Forest, grassland, roadsides | Local example | Burragate | Notes | A small erect perennial herb with gland-dotted bluish opposite leaves. Related to the introduced shrub St John's Wort
(H. perforatum), and the local native herb
H. japonicum which is smaller, and has a trailing habit and greener rounded leaves. |  | Common name | Tufted Bluebell | Scientific name | Wahlenbergia communis | Family | Campanulaceae | Relatives | Campanulas | Habitat | Rock faces, grassy understorey, roadsides | Local example | Burragate at Myrtle Creek, Wyndham Cemetery | Notes | Distinguished by its alternate, narrow hairless leaves, tufted, much-branched habit and petals with grey-brown undersides. Refer also W. stricta (What's flowering - November) and W. gracilis (What's flowering - October) |
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