Traralgon South and District Wildflowers H to Z

Hardenbergia violacea – Purple Coral-pea

Hakea nodosa – Yellow Hakea

Hakea ulicina – Furze Hakea

Helichrysum scorpoides – Button Everlasting

Hibbertia acicularis – Prickly Guinea-flower

Hydrocotyle laxiflora – Stinking Pennywort

Hydrocotyle laxiflora – Stinking Pennywort

Hypercium gramineum – Small St John’s Wort

Indigofera australis – Austral Indigo

Kennedia prostrata – Running Postman

Kunzea ericoides – Burgan

Lagenophra stipitata – Common Bottle-daisy

Leptospermum continentale – Prickly Tea-tree

Leptospermum Myrsinoides – Heath Tea-tree

Leucopogon ericoides – Pink Beard-heath

Leucopogon virgatus – Common Beard-heath

Lomatia ilicifolia – Holly Lomatia

Monotoca scoparia – Prickly Broom-heath

Olearia lirata – Snowy Daisy-bush

Olearia phlogopappa – Dusty Daisy-bush

Pimelea humilis – Common Rice-flower

Platylobium formosum – Handsome Flat-pea

Pandorea pandorana – Wonga Vine

Poranthera microphylla – Small Poranthera

Prostantera lasianthos – Victorian Christmas Bush

Pseudognaphalium luteo-album – Jersey Cudweed

Sambuccus gaudichaudiana – White Elderberry

Solanum aviculare – Kangaroo Apple

Stackhousia monogyna – Creamy Stackhousia

Stellaria flaccida – Forest Starwort

Stylidium graminifolium – Grass Trigger-plant

Stylidium graminifolium – Grass Trigger-plant

Tetratheca pilosa – Hairy Pink-bells

Thyanosatus – patersonii – Twining Fringe-lily

Tricoryne elatior – Yellow Rush-lily

Urtica incisa – Scrub Nettle

Atlas of Living Australia – Resource

If you are keen to get a better idea of what species are native to the area, one great resource that is now available is the Atlas of Living Australia. You can search any area and it will come up with a whole heap of information about what has been found. It is focused on all biodiversity so it covers a whole range of flora and fauna including fungi and fish and it doesn’t just come up with lists, it also includes links to photo galleries and other information about each species. If you are really keen the site also gives you the opportunity to upload your own species records. You can find the atlas via the following link http://www.ala.org.au

Screen shot from the Atlas of Living Australia, showing the search by location tool.

Lowland Forest Species

The following gallery features some of the common species found in the Lowland Forest Vegetation Community (EVC) in this district.

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Acacia dealbata – Silver Wattle

Acacia genistifolia – Spreading Wattle

Acacia melanoxylon – Blackwood

Acacia mucronata -subsp-longifolia – Narrow Leaf Wattle

Acacia oxycedrus -Spike Wattle

Acacia suaveolens – Sweet -Wattle

Acacia suaveolens -Sweet Wattle

Acacia suaveolens -Sweet Wattle

Acacia terminalis – Sunshine Wattle

Acacia terminalis – Sunshine Wattle

Acacia terminalis – Sunshine Wattle

Acacia verniciflua – Varnish Wattle

Amperea xiphoclada-var-xiphoclada – Broom Spurge

Banksia marginata – Silver Banksia

Banksia serrata -Saw Banksia

Banksia serrata -Saw Banksia

Billaderia mutabilis – Common-apple-berry

Burnt tree with hollow

Cassinia aculeata – Common Cassinia

Cassinia longifolia -Shiny Cassinia

Cassinia longifolia -Shiny Cassinia

Cassytha glabella -Slender Dodder Laurel

Coprosma quadrifida – Prickly Currant Bush

Correa reflexa -Common Correa

Dillwynia glaberrima – Smooth Parrot Pea.

Eleocharis sphacelata -Tall Spike Sedge

Epacris impressa – Common Heath

Eucalyptus consideniana – Yertchuk

Eucalyptus croajingolensis – Gippsland Peppermint

Eucalyptus croajingolensis – Gippsland Peppermint

Eucalyptus polyanthemos – Red Box

Exocarpos cupressiformis – Cherry Ballart

Exocarpos cupressiformis – Cherry Ballart

Gahnia radula – Thatch-saw-sedge

Glycine clandestina – Twining Glycine

Glycine clandestina – Twining Glycine

Glycine clandestina – Twining Glycine

Gompholobium latifolium – Giant-wedge-pea

Gonocarpus tetragynus – Common Raspwort

Goodenia ovata – Hop Goodenia

Grevillea chrysophaea – Golden Grevillea

Hakea ulicina -Furze Hakea

Hakea ulicina -Furze Hakea

Hardenbergia violacea – Purple-coral-pea

Kennedia Prostrata – Running Postman

Kunzea ericoides – Burgan

Leptospermum continentale – Prickly-tea-tree

Leptospermum continentale – Prickly-tea-tree

Leptospermum myrsinoides – Heath Tea Tree

Lomatia ilicifolia – Holly Lomatia

Monotoca scoparia – Prickly Broom Heath

Olearia lirata – Snowy Daisy Bush

Olearia phlogopappa – Dusty Daisy Bush

Ozothamnus ferrugineus – Tree Everlasting

Ozothamnus ferrugineus – Tree Everlasting

Persicaria decipiens – Slender Knotweed

Platylobium formosum – Handsome- Flat-Pea

Platylobium formosum – Handsome-flat-pea

Platylobium obtusangulum – Common-flat-pea

Pultenaea gunnii – Golden-bush-pea

Senecio linearifolius – Fireweed-groundsel

Solanum aviculare – Kangaroo Apple

Solanum aviculare – Kangaroo – Apple

Tetratheca-spp-pink-bells

Traralgon South Flora Reserve – Car Park

Xanthorrhoea minor-subsp-lutea – Small -Grass-Tree

Post Fire Wildflowers

Brunonia australis is a small groundcover herb which has attractive bright blue flowers. It is one species (amongst a number of others) which have taken advantage of reduced competition and increased sunlight to flower and produce lots of seed since the fire. It is found mainly in less fertile (sandy soils) in the Lowland Forest EVC.

Blue Pin Cushion – Brunonia australis