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# alternate name
Common Family Names
Scientific Family Names
ALISMATACEAE | |
Alisma plantago-aquatica Damasonium minus | ![]() |
AMARANTHACEAE | |
Alternanthera denticulata | ![]() |
APIACEAE (syn. UMBELLIFERAE) | |
Apium annuum Apium prostratum | ![]() Annual Celery |
APOCYNACEAE | |
Alyxia buxifolia |
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BRASSICACEAE (syn. CRUCIFERAE) | |
Brassica tournefortii Cakile edentula and Cakile maritima Diplotaxis tenuifolia Hymenolobus procumbens |
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CAMPANULACEAE (incl. LOBELIACEAE) | |
Lobelia alata # Lobelia anceps Lobelia irrigua Lobelia pendunculata Pratia platycalyx # | ![]() Angled Lobelia |
CASUARINACEAE | |
Allocasuarina verticillata Casuarina cristata # Casuarina obesa Casuarina pauper Casuarina stricta # | ![]() Drooping Sheoak |
CONVOLVULACEAE | |
Cressa australis Cressa cretica var. australis # Wilsonia backhousei Wilsonia humulis Wilsonia rotundifolia |
![]() Narrow-leaf Wilsonia |
CRASSULACEAE | |
Crassula decumbens (syn. Crassula macrantha) Crassula helmsii Crassula sieberiana | ![]() |
EPACRIDACEAE | |
Cyathodes juniperina # Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. oxycedrus Leucopogon parviflorus | ![]() Coast Beard-heath |
EUPHORBIACEAE | |
Adriana quadripartita Euphorbia paralias | ![]() Sea Spurge |
FRANKENIACEAE | |
Frankenia foliosa Frankenia pauciflora Frankenia sessilis | ![]() Small-leaf Sea-heath |
GENTIANACEAE | |
Schenkia spicatum |
GERANIACEAE | |
Geranium retrorsum Pelagonium australe | ![]() |
GOODENIACEAE | |
Goodenia humilis Sellieria radicans |
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JUNCAEAE | |
Juncus acutus Juncus bufonius Juncus ingens Juncus kraussii Juncus spp. | ![]() Spiny Rush |
JUNCAGINACEAE | |
Triglochin procerum Triglochin striata | |
MALVACEAE | |
Lawrencia glomerata Lawrencia spicata Lawrencia squamata Malva preissiana Selenothamnus squamatus # | ![]() Thorny Lawrencia |
MARSILEACEAE | |
Marsilea dummondii | ![]() |
MIMOSACEAE | |
Acacia longifolia var. sophorae Acacia retinodes Acacia salicina Acacia stenophylla | ![]() Wirilda |
MYOPORACEAE | |
Myoporum insulare Myoporum parvifolium | |
ONAGRACEAE | |
Epilobium billarderianum |
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PITTOSPORACEAE | |
Bursaria spinosa |
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PLANTAGINACEAE | |
Plantago coronopus Plantago lanceolata Plantago major |
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PRIMULACEAE | |
Anagallis arvensis Samolus repens |
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PROTEACEAE | |
Banksia integrifolia |
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RANUNCULACEAE | |
Clematis microphylla Ranunculus diminutus Ranunculus papulentus |
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RHAMNACEAE | |
Pomaderris paniculosa subsp. paralia |
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ROSACEAE | |
Acaena anserinifolia# Acaena novae-zelandiae |
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RUBIACEAE | |
Asperula conferta Coprosma repens |
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RUTACEAE | |
Correa alba Correa reflexa |
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SALICACEAE | |
Salix spp. | ![]() |
SCROPHULARIACEAE | |
Mazus pumilio Mimulus prostratus Mimulus repens |
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STACKHOUSIACEAE | |
Stackhousia spathulata | ![]() |
TYPHACEAE | |
Typha spp. |
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VERBENACEAE | |
Avicennia marina subsp. australasica | ![]() White Mangrove |
XANTHORRHOEACEAE | |
Lomandra longifolia | ![]() |
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE | |
Nitraria billardierei Zygophyllum aurantiacum Zygophyllum billardierei |
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COMMON FAMILY NAMES
# alternate name
BLUEBELL FAMILY | |
Angled Lobelia Matted Pratia Salt Pratia Trailing Pratia# |
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BOOBIALLA FAMILY | |
Coast Boobialla # Common Boobialla Creeping Boobialla Native Juniper # |
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BULRUSH | |
Cumbungi |
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BUTTERCUP FAMILY | |
Brackish Plains Buttercup Large River Buttercup Lesser River Buttercup # Small-leaved Clematis |
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COPROSMA FAMILY | |
Common Woodruff Looking-glass Bush # Mirror Bush New Zealand Laurel # Sand Rocket Shiny Leaf # Taupata # |
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CRESS FAMILY | |
Lincoln Weed# Mediterranean Turnip Oval Purse Perennial Wall-rocket# Sand Mustard# Sea Rocket |
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GENTIAN FAMILY | |
Spiked Centaury |
GERANIUM FAMILY | |
Austral Stork's-bill Common Crane's-bill Grassland Crane's-bill# Ivy Geranium# | ![]() |
GOODENIA FAMILY | |
Swamp Goodenia Swamp Weed |
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HEATH FAMILY | |
Coastal Pinkberry # Coast Beard-heath Crimson Berry Native Current # Prickly Heath # | ![]() Coast Beard-heath |
MALLOW FAMILY | |
Australian Hollyhock Clustered Lawrencia Native Hollyhock# Salt Lawrencia Thorny Lawrencia | ![]() Thorny Lawrencia |
MAT-RUSH FAMILY | |
Karawun # Spiny-headed Mat-rush |
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MORNING GLORY FAMILY | |
Narrow-leaf Wilsonia Rosinweed Round-leaf Wilsonia Silky Wilsonia |
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PARSLEY FAMILY | |
Annual Celery Sea Celery |
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PITTOSPORUM FAMILY | |
Black Thorn # Christmas Bush # Coast Daisy-bush # Kurwan # Native Box # Prickly Box # Sweet Bursaria |
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PLANTAIN FAMILY | |
Buck's Horn Plantain |
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POMADERRIS FAMILY | |
Coast Pomaderris Shining Dogwood # |
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PROTEA FAMILY | |
Coast Banksia Honeysuckle # Honeysuckle Oak # White Banksia # White Bottlebrush # White Honeysuckle # |
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REDROOT | |
Lesser Joyweed | ![]() |
ROSE FAMILY | |
Biddy-biddy # Bidgee-widgee |
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RUE FAMILY | |
Coast Correa Common Correa Native Fuschia # White Correa # |
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RUSH FAMILY | |
Giant Rush Rushes Sea Rush Sharp Rush # Spiny Rush Toad Rush |
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SEA-BOX FAMILY | |
Sea Box |
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SEA-HEATH FAMILY | |
Leafy Sea-heath Small-leaf Sea-heath Southern Sea-heath | |
SHEOAK FAMILY | |
Belah Black Oak # Coast She-oak # Drooping She-oak Swamp Sheoak |
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SPEEDWELL FAMILY | |
Creeping Monkey-flower Maori Musk # Small Monkey-flower Swamp Mazus |
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SPURGE FAMILY | |
Rare Bitterbush Sea Spurge |
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STACKHOUSIA | |
Coast Stackhousia | ![]() |
STONECROP FAMILY | |
Austral Stonecrop Sieber Crassula# Slender Crassula# Spreading Crassula Swamp Crassula Swamp Stonecrop # | ![]() |
TWINLEAF FAMILY | |
Coast Twin-leaf Dillon Bush Karumbil # Nitre-bush # Shrubby Twin-leaf Wild Grape # |
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VERBENA FAMILY | |
Grey Mangrove # White Mangrove |
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WATER-CLOVER | |
Common Nardoo Dullum Dullum# | ![]() |
WATER-PLANTAIN | |
Star Fruit Water Plantain | ![]() |
WATER-RIBBON FAMILY | |
Nareli # Polango # Streaked Arrow-grass Water-ribbons |
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WATTLE FAMILY | |
Black Wattle # Belalie # Coast Wattle Dalby Myall # Dunthy # Eumong Gurley # Ironwood # Native Willow # River Cooba # River Myall # Willow Wattle Wirilda |
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WILLOW | |
Willows | ![]() |
WILLOW-HERB FAMILY | |
Robust Willow-herb |
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