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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 Plants for Sydney's Inner West

During the 18th and 19th Centuries, the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests which covered Sydney, were cut down for their valuable timber. The remaining local provenance vegetation succommed to farming, mining for clay, for pottery and bricks, sandstone quarries, for construction, and eventually residential development.

Where to Buy Sydney Native Plants

While the Rozelle Bay Nursery does not sell plants, you can buy local provenance species from Cornucopia Nursery, Marrickville Community Nursery and Strathfield Council Native Nursery.

This list of Local Provenance Plant Species, that is plants that would have been endemic in the area, is based on a list compiled by Catherine Rowland.

Local Provenance Plants are those that have naturally evolved to suit the climatic, light and soil conditions of an area. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery has collected seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, since 1995, and propagated these to reintroduce Local Provenance Plants to the Sydney's Inner West.

Herbs
Latin Name	Common Name	Family	Height	Uses	Flower Type
Acianthus sp.		Orchidaceae	0.1	container	red to green
Arthropodium milleflorum	Pale Vanilla Lily	Liliaceae	0.1	container	scented mauve
Brachycome angustifolium	Grassland Daisy	Asteraceae	0.2	ground cover; container	blue
Brunoniella australis	Blue Trumpet	Acanthaceae	0.2		blue
Ceasia vittata	Blue Grass Lily	Liliaceae	0.5		blue
Centella asiatica	Indian Pennywort	Apiaceae	0.1	ground cover	small pink or white
Chiloglottis reflexa	Autumn Bird Orchid	Orchidaceae	0.1	container	brown
Dianella caerulea	Tufted Lily	Liliaceae	0.5	container	blue
Dianella longifolia		Liliaceae	0.8		blue
Dianella revoluta	Tinsel Lily; Mauve Flax Lily	Liliaceae	0.6	container	blue
Dichondra repens	Kidney Weed	Convolvolaceae	0.1
Diuris maculata	Leopard Orchid	Orchidaceae	0.3	container	yellow & brown
Drosera spathulata	Posy Sundew	Droseraceae	0.1		white
Gonocarpus teucriodes	Germander Raspwort	Haloragaceae	0.3		small green
Goodenia bellidifolia	Rocket Goodenia	Goodeniaceae	0.5		yellow
Goodenia hederacea	Ivy Goodenia	Goodeniaceae	0.1	ground cover	yellow
Haloragis micrantha	Creeping Raspwort	Haloragaceae	0.1	ground cover	small green or brown
Helichrysum scorpioides	Curling Everlasting	Asteraceae	0.1	container	many yellow
Holoragis tetragyna	Poverty Raspwort	Haloragaceae	0.5		small green
Hydrocotyle peduncularis	Shining Pennywort	Apiaceae	0.1	ground cover	small green
Hypericum gramineum	Small St John's Wort	Clusiaceae	0.2		yellow to orange
Hypericum japonicum	Matted St John's Wort	Clusiaceae	0.3		yellow to orange
Lagenophora stipitata	Bottle Daisy	Asteraceae	0.4		white; pink or blue
Micrantheum ericoides		Euphorbiaceae	0.1		small white
Opercularia aspera	Thin Stinkweed	Rubiaceae	0.5		small green
Opercularia varia	Variable Stinkweed	Rubiaceae	0.3		small purple
Patersonia sericea	Purple Flag Iris	Iridaceae	0.3		large purple
Polygonum decipiens	Slender Knotweed	Polygonaceae	0.3		small pink
Pomax umbellata	Pomax	Rubiaceae	0.2		small purple
Poranthera microphylla		Zuphorbiaceae	0.1		small white
Pratia purpurascens		Lobeliaceae	0.1	ground cover	small white & pink
Pseuderanthemum variabile	Pastel Flower	Acanthaceae	0.1		mauve
Pterostylis acuminata	Sharp Greenhood	Orchidaceae	0.2	container	green
Pterostylis concinna	Red-flowered Greenhood	Orchidaceae	0.2	container	green & red
Samolus repens	Creeping Brookweed	Primulaceae	0.3		delicate white star flowers
Senecio hispidulus	Blunt Fireweed	Asteraceae	0.5		small green
Senecio minimus	Shrubby Fireweed	Asteraceae	1		white
Sigesbeckia orientalis	Indian Weed	Asteraceae	1		yellow
Solanum nodiflorum		Solanaceae	0.8	container	white or mauve
Solanum pungetium	Jagged Nightshade	Solanaceae	0.2	container	purple
Stylidium graminifolium	Grass Trigger Plant; Springback	Stylidiaceae	0.2		many pink
Stypandra glauca	Nodding Blue Lily	Liliaceae	1		blue
Tetragonia tetragonioides	New Zealand Spinach	Aizoaceae			yellow
Vernonia cinerea	Vernonia	Asteraceae	0.5		purple or white
Veronica plebia	Eastern Speedwell	Scrophulariaceae	0.2	ground cover	blue
Viola betonicifolia	Purple Wild Violet	Violaceae	0.2	container	purple
Wahlenbergia gracilis	Annual Bluebell	Campanulaceae	0.2		small blue
Xanthosia pilosa	Woolly Xanthosia	Apiaceae	0.6		small white & red
Xanthosia tridentata	Rock Xanthosia	Apiaceae	0.3		small cream

Annandale NSW is bounded by Rozelle Bay (Port Jackson/Sydney Harbour), Parramatta Road, Johnston's Creek and White's Creek. Latitude:33°52'53.04"S, Longitude:151°10'14.52"E.

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