| Common name
| Slender Wattle
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Scientific name
| Acacia elongata
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Family
| Fabaceae (sub-family Mimosoideae)
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Relatives
| Other wattles (Acacia sp.)
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Habitat
| Sandy watercourses, moist sites
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Local examples
| Wyndham (Burragate Road), Towamba (on river and Pericoe Road)
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Notes
| Regionally uncommon, growing in perhaps unusual habitat beside local roads, some distance from watercourses. Recognised by its stiff, upright 'leaves', and globular flowers appearing singly or in twos in the leaf axils.
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| Common name
| Common Woodruff
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Scientific name
| Asperula conferta
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Family
| Rubiaceae
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Relatives
| Coprosma, Pomax, Morinda, Bedstraws
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Habitat
| Open forest, grassy areas
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Local examples
| Rocky Hall cemetery
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Notes
| Locally the most common of the 3 Asperulas in the region, recognised by the reflexed (down-pointing) leaf whorls.
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| Common name
| Imlay Boronia
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Scientific name
| Boronia imlayensis
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Family
| Rutaceae
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Relatives
| Eriostemon, Citrus, Zieria, Phebalium
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Habitat
| Open forest, sheltered sites
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Local examples
| Mount Imlay
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Notes
| A medium sized shrub, confined to Mt Imlay. Very abundant beside the upper part of the Mount Imlay walking track. Note the opposite, pinnate leaves, four petals and eight stamens. (Zieria have four petals and four stamens).
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| Common name
| Clustered Everlasting
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Scientific name
| Chrysocephalum semipapposum
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Family
| Asteraceae
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Relatives
| Daisies
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Habitat
| Forest and grassland
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Local example
| Rocky Hall roadsides, Pericoe
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Notes
| Differs from the related Common Everlasting (C. apiculatum) by its thin leaves and more upright form.
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| Common name
| Variable Billy Buttons
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Scientific name
| Craspedia variabilis
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Family
| Asteraceae
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Relatives
| Daisies
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Habitat
| Forest and grassland
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Local example
| Rocky Hall cemetery
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Notes
| Ranges from the coast to the western slopes, flowering later in summer at higher elevations.
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| Common name
| Bears-ear
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Scientific name
| Cymbonotus lawsonianus
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Family
| Asteraceae
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Relatives
| Daisies
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Habitat
| Forest
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Local example
| Burragate
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Notes
| A regionally uncommon native perennial which sometimes appears in lawns and gardens. Similar to the introduced annual Capeweed (Arctotheca), though Capeweed has dark flower centres and more heavily divided leaves.
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| Common name
| King Orchid, Rock Lily, Rock Orchid
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Scientific name
| Dendrobium speciosum
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Family
| Orchidaceae
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Relatives
| Orchids
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Habitat
| Rock outcrops and cliffs
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Local example
| Nullica
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Notes
| The fleshy stems, or 'pseudobulbs', contain starchy material used as a food source by Aborigines. Threatened by collectors in some areas. Grows on rocks, rarely on trees.
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| Common name
| False Sarsaparilla, Native Wisteria
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Scientific name
| Hardenbergia violacea
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Family
| Fabaceae (Sub-family Faboideae)
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Relatives
| Peas and other legumes
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Habitat
| Forest
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Local examples
| Burragate
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Notes
| Attractive climber or prostrate sub-shrub, obvious now along roadsides in the valley. Cultivated and sold in nurseries. Early settlers used the leaves as a tea substitute. The genus Hardenbergia is endemic to Australia.
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| Common name
| Guinea Flower
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Scientific name
| Hibbertia saligna
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Family
| Dilleniaceae
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Relatives
| Dillenia
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Habitat
| Moist forest sites
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Local examples
| Mount Imlay
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Notes
| A tall and showy Hibbertia, of regional conservation significance. It is uncommon in the region, recorded on Mount Imlay, and is at its southern limit there. Disjunct (geographically separated) populations of H. saligna also occur at the Budawangs and Blue Mountains.
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| Common name
| Lance Beard-heath
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Scientific name
| Leucopogon lanceolatus
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Family
| Epacridaceae
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Relatives
| heaths
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Habitat
| Forest
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Local example
| Burragate, Myanba Gorge
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Notes
| Locally, the most common of the beard-heaths, which feature hairy white 'beards' inside the flower tube. Bears an edible sweet red berry. Has parallel veins on the leaves, characteristic of the heath family.
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| Common name
| Bootlace Bush
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Scientific name
| Pimelea axiflora ssp axiflora
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Family
| Thymeleaceae
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Relatives
| other Pimeleas, Daphne
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Habitat
| Forest and creek banks
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Local examples
| Burragate
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Notes
| The branches have strong phloem fibres in the bark which make them difficult to break (a characteristic of the entire family). This is the only NSW Pimelea species with axillary flowers; most species have flowers in terminal heads. The smaller subspecies alpina occurs at Kosciuszko.
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| Common name
| Smooth Rice Flower
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Scientific name
| Pimelea glauca
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Family
| Thymeleaceae
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Relatives
| other Pimeleas, Daphne
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Habitat
| Grassy sites and forest
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Local examples
| Rocky Hall cemetery and Towamba cemetery
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Notes
| Uncommon in the region. Similar to the more common Pimelea linifolia except the inner leafy bracts around the flower head have hairy edges.
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| Common name
| Buttercup
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Scientific name
| Ranunculus lappaceus
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Family
| Ranunculaceae
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Relatives
| Clematis, Caltha, Nigella, Larkspur
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Habitat
| Forest and grassland
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Local example
| Rocky Hall cemetery
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Notes
| One of the showiest of the 10 native buttercups in the region.
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| Common name
| Sandfly Zieria
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Scientific name
| Zieria smithiii
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Family
| Rutaceae
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Relatives
| Citrus, Philotheca, Boronia, Correa, Crowea
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Habitat
| Sclerophyll forest, rainforest margins
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Local example
| Burragate
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Notes
| Zierias usually have leaves in three leaflets, strongly aromatic with oil glands. Like Boronia spp., the flowers have 4 petals.
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| Common name
| Snake Orchid
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Scientific name
| Diuris chryseopsis
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Family
| Orchidaceae
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Relatives
| Other orchids
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Habitat
| Moist grassy plains and valleys
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Local example
| Towamba Cemetery
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Notes
| Snake orchids do not produce nectar but mimic yellow lilies to attract pollinating insects. This is a locally rare orchid; Towamba Cemetery is the only known occurrence in the FSC region. The lowland grassy woodland community in the cemetery has a number of rare species, and is itself an Endangered Ecological Community.
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| Common name
| Maroon Hood
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Scientific name
| Pterostylis pedunculata
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Family
| Orchidaceae
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Relatives
| Other orchids
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Habitat
| Moist areas in dry sclerophyll forest and wet sclerophyll forest.
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Local example
| Burragate, riparian forest under Ribbon Gums
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Notes
| Pterostylis species are pollinated by gnats and mosquitoes, using pseudocopulation. Insects enter the flower and are trapped by the labellum flipping up and blocking the entrance. Pollination occurs as the insect squeezes out.
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| Common name
| Broad-lip Bird Orchid
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Scientific name
| Chiloglottis trapeziformis
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Family
| Orchidaceae
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Relatives
| Other orchids
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Habitat
| Grassy sclerophyll forest
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Local example
| Burragate, moist grassy forest under River Peppermints
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Notes
| The shiny black insect-like calli on the flower and pheromone-like chemical emitted by the orchid mimics wingless female wasps and tricks male wasps into attempting copulation. This pollinates the flowers. Each species of Bird Orchid (there are about 27, mostly Australian) has its own unique pollinating wasp species.
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