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 | Common name | Pale Grass-lily |
Scientific name | Caesia parviflora |
Family | Anthericaceae |
Relatives | Other lilies; Autumn Lily, Vanilla Lily, Chocolate Lily, Fringe Lily |
Habitat | Forest on sedimentary geology |
Local example | Burragate |
Notes | A tufted perennial lily with white flowers and three-lobed capsules. |
 | Common name | Three-veined Cassinia |
Scientific name | Cassinia trinerva |
Family | Asteraceae |
Relatives | Daisies etc |
Habitat | Forest |
Local example | Burragate near watercourses |
Notes | Common understorey shrub, indicator for the depleted forest type 'Bega Wet Shrub Forest'. Usually has duller leaves than the similar C. longifolia, with 3 faint veins on the underside. Leaves have a 'curry' smell.
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 | Common name | Black-anther Flax lily |
Scientific name | Dianella revoluta |
Family | Phormiaceae |
Relatives | Other flax lilies, Nodding Blue Lily |
Habitat | Forest |
Local example | Burragate |
Notes | Distinguished from other local Dianellas by curled back leaf margins and black anthers. |
 | Common name | Hyacinth Orchid |
Scientific name | Dipodium punctatum |
Family | Orchidaceae |
Relatives | Other orchids |
Habitat | Wet and dry eucalypt forest |
Local example | Burragate under River Peppermint |
Notes | A saprophytic species, obtaining nutrients from dead organic matter, hence the absence of leaves and chlorophyll. |
 | Common name | Tick Bush |
Scientific name | Kunzea ambigua |
Family | Myrtaceae |
Relatives | Burgan and other Kunzeas, Eucalypts etc |
Habitat | Forest, rock scrubs |
Local example | Burragate-New Buildings road |
Notes | Distinguished from the more common Burgan (K. ericoides) by finer leaves, more prominent stamens and sweet honey scent of flowers. |
 | Common name | Woolly Tea-tree |
Scientific name | Leptospermum lanigerum |
Family | Myrtaceae |
Relatives | Melaleucas, Eucalypts, Guava etc |
Habitat | Permanent watercourses |
Local example | Burragate (Towamba River, Myrtle Creek) |
Notes | Easily distinguished from River Tea-tree, L. obovatum (which is also locally common and flowering now), by its grey foliage. |
 | Common name | Jasmine Morinda |
Scientific name | Morinda jasminoides |
Family | Rubiaceae |
Relatives | Cheesefruit (M. citrifolia), bedstraw, woodruff, currant bushes (Coprosma) |
Habitat | Rainforest and eucalypt forest gullies |
Local example | Burragate |
Notes | Attractive vine bearing strange (edible) orange fruit smelling of rotten cheese when ripe. |
 | Common name | White Dogwood, Ball Everlasting
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Scientific name | Ozothamnus diosmifolius |
Family | Asteraceae |
Relatives | Daisies etc |
Habitat | Forest |
Local example | Burragate |
Notes | Bit like a Cassinia but 'neater', with smaller evenly sized leaves and round white flower heads. The similar O. conditus, with small white 'petals' is also flowering locally now. |
 | Common name | Rock Wax-flower |
Scientific name | Philotheca trachyphylla (syn. Eriostemon trachyphyllus) |
Family | Rutaceae |
Relatives | Citrus, Boronia, Phebalium |
Habitat | Forest and rock scrubs |
Local example | Burragate (on shale) |
Notes | Tall shrub or small tree, sometimes forming a distinctive rock scrub community on rocky sites. Has oil glands and aromatic leaves typical of this family. |
 | Common name | Ferny Panax |
Scientific name | Polyscias sambucifolius |
Family | Araliaceae |
Relatives | Pencil Cedar, Ivy, Umbrella Tree |
Habitat | Forest |
Local example | Burragate |
Notes | Comes in 3 subspecies: ssp A with big round simple leaflets (eg at Mt Darragh), ssp B with narrow simple leaflets (eg on the Tablelends), and the local ssp C with divided 'ferny' leaflets. Gets small blue edible berry-like fruit, dispersed by birds. |
 | Common name | Fireweed Groundsel |
Scientific name | Senecio linearifolius |
Family | Asteraceae |
Relatives | Daisies etc |
Habitat | Forest, esp. disturbed sites, roadsides |
Local example | Burragate and everywhere else |
Notes | One of the most common of about 15 local native Senecios. Distinguished from the introduced Fireweed (S. madagascariensis) by its 4-8 'petals', as opposed to 13-15 in Fireweed. The native S. lautus also has around 13 'petals', but has only about 13 involucral bracts below the petals; Fireweed has about 20. |
 | Common name | Scented Candles |
Scientific name | Stackhousia monogyna |
Family | Stackhousiaceae |
Relatives | Other Stackhousias, not much else |
Habitat | Forest |
Local example | Nunnock Swamp, Tantawangalo |
Notes | Also flowering at Nunnock is the more subtle Slender Stackhousia (S. viminea) in wetter spots. |
