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Wahlenbergia Gracillis or Australian Bluebell photographed at Whites Creek Wetlands 16 October 2008


Wahlenbergia Gracilis (Australian Bluebell)
16 October 2008

Viola Hederacea
Viola Heracea
(Native Violet)

Local Provenance Plant Species for Sydney's Inner West

During the 18th and 19th Centuries, forestry and farming eliminated the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests of the Inner West. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery collects seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, to propagate and reintroduce species that would have been endemic (indigenous or local provenance) to the area.

These plants have demonstrated how well they have adapted to the extreme wet and dry weater in Sydney between 1998 and 2008. As you walk around Annandale's public spaces you may now notice: Acacia Pods | Seed Pods | Purple, Mauve, Pink Flowers | White and Cream Flowers | Green Flowers | Fungi | Banksia Marginata.

The reference list of Local Provenance Species, for the Inner West, has been expanded from a list compiled by Catherine Rowland to help reintroduce indigenous species into Sydney's Inner West: Large Trees (> 5m) | Small Trees (< 5m) | Shrubs (0.5 to 2m) | Grasses | Climbers | Herbs | Estuarine | Ferns | References | Bookshop

The Rozelle Bay Nursery does not sell plants and it is difficult to source local provenance plants. However, you can buy them from specialist nurseries including: Cornucopia Nursery, Marrickville Community Nursery and Strathfield Council Native Nursery.

Herbs

Latin NameCommon NameFamilyHeightUsesFlower Type
Acianthus sp.Orchidaceae0.1containerred to green
Arthropodium milleflorumPale Vanilla LilyLiliaceae0.1containerscented mauve
Brachycome angustifoliumGrassland DaisyAsteraceae0.2ground cover; containerblue
Brunoniella australisBlue TrumpetAcanthaceae0.2blue
Ceasia vittataBlue Grass LilyLiliaceae0.5blue
Centella asiaticaIndian PennywortApiaceae0.1ground coversmall pink or white
Chiloglottis reflexaAutumn Bird OrchidOrchidaceae0.1containerbrown
Dianella caeruleaTufted LilyLiliaceae0.5containerblue
Dianella longifoliaLiliaceae0.8blue
Dianella revolutaTinsel Lily; Mauve Flax LilyLiliaceae0.6containerblue
Dichondra repensKidney WeedConvolvolaceae0.1
Diuris maculataLeopard OrchidOrchidaceae0.3containeryellow & brown
Drosera spathulataPosy SundewDroseraceae0.1white
Gonocarpus teucriodesGermander RaspwortHaloragaceae0.3small green
Goodenia bellidifoliaRocket GoodeniaGoodeniaceae0.5yellow
Goodenia hederaceaIvy GoodeniaGoodeniaceae0.1ground coveryellow
Haloragis micranthaCreeping RaspwortHaloragaceae0.1ground coversmall green or brown
Helichrysum scorpioidesCurling EverlastingAsteraceae0.1containermany yellow
Holoragis tetragynaPoverty RaspwortHaloragaceae0.5small green
Hydrocotyle peduncularisShining PennywortApiaceae0.1ground coversmall green
Hypericum gramineumSmall St John's WortClusiaceae0.2yellow to orange
Hypericum japonicumMatted St John's WortClusiaceae0.3yellow to orange
Lagenophora stipitataBottle DaisyAsteraceae0.4white; pink or blue
Micrantheum ericoidesEuphorbiaceae0.1small white
Opercularia asperaThin StinkweedRubiaceae0.5small green
Opercularia variaVariable StinkweedRubiaceae0.3small purple
Patersonia sericeaPurple Flag IrisIridaceae0.3large purple
Polygonum decipiensSlender KnotweedPolygonaceae0.3small pink
Pomax umbellataPomaxRubiaceae0.2small purple
Poranthera microphyllaZuphorbiaceae0.1small white
Pratia purpurascensLobeliaceae0.1ground coversmall white & pink
Pseuderanthemum variabilePastel FlowerAcanthaceae0.1mauve
Pterostylis acuminataSharp GreenhoodOrchidaceae0.2containergreen
Pterostylis concinnaRed-flowered GreenhoodOrchidaceae0.2containergreen & red
Samolus repensCreeping BrookweedPrimulaceae0.3delicate white star flowers
Senecio hispidulusBlunt FireweedAsteraceae0.5small green
Senecio minimusShrubby FireweedAsteraceae1white
Sigesbeckia orientalisIndian WeedAsteraceae1yellow
Solanum nodiflorumSolanaceae0.8containerwhite or mauve
Solanum pungetiumJagged NightshadeSolanaceae0.2containerpurple
Stylidium graminifoliumGrass Trigger Plant; SpringbackStylidiaceae0.2many pink
Stypandra glaucaNodding Blue LilyLiliaceae1blue
Tetragonia tetragonioidesNew Zealand SpinachAizoaceaeyellow
Vernonia cinereaVernoniaAsteraceae0.5purple or white
Veronica plebiaEastern SpeedwellScrophulariaceae0.2ground coverblue
Viola betonicifoliaPurple Wild VioletViolaceae0.2containerpurple
Wahlenbergia gracilisAnnual BluebellCampanulaceae0.2small blue
Xanthosia pilosaWoolly XanthosiaApiaceae0.6small white & red
Xanthosia tridentataRock XanthosiaApiaceae0.3small cream

This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/veg-herbs.shtml last updated 16 Octobers 2008.