Weed information

This book is a guide to the plants that are found along the Perth coastline and on the islands between Dongara and Dunsborough. Over 130 species are described and illustrated and are to be found growing on the white limesand dunes beside the sea, on rocky limestone foreshores, coral rubble and in the case of sea grasses in the shallow offshore waters.

 

Most species are illustrated with a full page colour illustration accompanied on the next page with the plants distribution and a locality map, a brief description, flowering period and a notes section. In most cases the description is supplemented with excellent line drawings. The notes section contains details of the peculiarities of the plant.

 

Both weeds (or introduced plants) and natives are included in the book and there is an introductory section that describes the characteristics of the coastal area. This is a most attractive book with excellent illustrations that capture the essence of the plants. For nature lovers in the region this is a must have book, for others outside the region this book will be a delightful reference to an area of Australia that is remote to most of us.

 

Table of contents

 

Part one: Introduction

The south-west coast

The mainland arena

The island arena

The climate

The plants

The coast ideal

 

Part two: Descriptions and illustrations of the land plants

The land plants (in alphabetical order)

Some sedges (Cyperaceae)

Some grasses (Poaceae)

 

Part three: Descriptions and illustrations of the seagrasses

The seagrasses (in alphabetical order)

 

Glossary

Bibliography

Index of species

 

Species list (extracted from index)

 

Acacia cochlearis

Acacia cyclopslasiocarpa

Acacia lasiocarpa

Acacia littorea

Acacia pulchella

Acacia rostellifera

Acacia saligna

Acacia xanthina

Acanthocarpus preissii

Adriana quadripartita

African boxthorn

Agonis flexuosa

Alyogyne huegelii

Alyxia buxifolia

Anagallis arvensis

Anthocercis ilicifolia

Anthocercis littorea

Arctotheca calendula

Arctotheca populifolia

Arctotis stoechadifolia

Arum lily

Asphodelus fistulosus

Atriplex cinerea

Atriplex isatidea

Australian hollyhock

Austrostipa elegantissima

Austrostipa flavescens

Avena barbata

Avena fatua

Avicennia marina

 

Bacon and eggs

Basket bush

Beach evening primrose

Beach spinifex

Bearded oat

Berry saltbush

Beyeria viscosa

Black flag

Blowfly grass

Blue lace flower

Blueberry tree

Blue-leaved acacia

Boobiala

Boronia alata

Bower spinach

Boxthorn

Brachyscome iberidifolia

Briza minor

Briza maxima

Broom ballart

 

Cakile maritima

Caladenia latifolia

Callitris preissii

Calocephalus brownii

Calothamnus quadrifidus

Camel bush

Cape dandelion

Cape weed

Carpobrotus edulis

Carpobrotus virescens

Cassytha racemosa

Chenille honeymyrtle

Clematis linearifolia

Clematis microphylla

Coast beard-heath

Coast bitterbush

Coast bonefruit

Coast hop-bush

Coast saltbush

Coast saw-sedge

Coast sword-sedge

Coast teatree

Coastal daisybush

Coastal pigface

Coastal wattle

Cockies tongues

Common wild oat

Conostylis candicans

Crassula glomerata

Crassulaceae

Cuscuta epithymum

Cushion bush

 

Dampier's rose

Desmocladus flexuosus

Desmocladus flexuosus

Diplolaena dampieri

Dittrichia graveolens

Dodder laurel

Dodonaea aptera

Dune arctotheca

Dune cabbage

Dune Moses

Dysentery bush

 

Eelgrass

Ehrharta villosa

Enchylaena tomentosa

Eremophila glabra

Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Euphorbia paralias

Euphorbia peplus

Euphorbia terracina

Exocarpus sparteus

 

False boronia

Feather speargrass

Ferraria crispa

Fibreball weed

Ficinia nodosa

Ficinus nodosa

Frankenia pauciflora

Fumaria capreolata

 

Gahnia trifida

Geraldton carnation weed

Golden wreath wattle

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Grevillea crithmifolia

Grey cottonhead

Grey saltbush

Grey stinkwood

Guichenotia ledifolia

 

Hairy spinifex

Halophila australis

Halophila decipiens

Halophila ovalis

Halosarcia halocnemoides

Halosarcia indica

Hardenbergia comptoniana

Hare's tail grass

Heart-shaped everlasting

Helichrysum cordatum

Hemiandra pungens

Heterozostera tasmanica

Hibbertia hypericoides

Hibbertia racemosa

Hibbertia subvaginata

Hottentot fig

 

Iceplant

Isolepis nodosa

 

Jacksonia furcellata

 

Knotted club-rush

 

Lagurus ovatus

Lavatera arborea

Lavatera plebeian

Lechenaultia linariodes

Lepidosperma gladiatum

Leptospermum laevigatum

Lesser dodder

Lesser quaking grass

Leucophyta brownii

Leucopogon parviflorus

Lilac hibiscus

Lomandra maritima

Long leaved spinifex

Loxocarya flexuosa

Lycium ferocissimum

 

Malva australiana

Malva australiana

Malva dendromorpha

Malva dendromorpha

Malva linnaei

Malva parviflora

Mangroves

Marram grass

Melaleuca acerosa

Melaleuca cardiophylla

Melaleuca huegelii

Melaleuca lanceolata

Melaleuca systena

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

Milkweed

Moonah

Myoporum insulare

 

Narrowleaf cottonbush

Native marshmallow

Native wisteria

Nemcia capitata

Nemcia reticulata

Nemcia reticulata

Nitraria billardierei

Nitre bush

Norfolk island pine

 

Oenothera drummondii

Oenothera stricta

Old man's beard

Olearia axillaris

One-sided bottlebrush

One-sided oat

Onion weed

Orange wattle

Oxalis depressa

Oxalis pes-caprae

Oxylobium reticulatum

Ozothamnus cordatus

Ozothamnus cordatus

 

Paddle weed

Panjang

Parietaria cardiostegia

Parietaria debilis

Pelargonium capitatum

Pellitory

Peppermint

Petty spurge

Phyllanthus calycinus

Pigface

Pimpernel

Pink fairy orchid

Pinkwood

Pittosporum ligustrifolium

Pittosporum ligustrifolium

Pittosporum phyliridaeoides

Posidonia angustifolia

Posidonia australis

Posidonia coriacea

Posidonia denhartogii

Posidonia robertsoniae

Posidonia sinuosa

Poverty bush

Prickle lily

Prickly moses

Pyp grass

 

Quaking grass

Quandong

 

Red-eyed wattle

Rhagodia baccata

Ribbonweed

Rigid wattle

Rose pelargonium

Rottnest cypress

Rottnest island daisy

Rottnest island pine

Rottnest teatree

Salsola kali

Salsola tragus

Samphire

Sand cypress

Santalum acuminatum

Scaevola anchusifolia

Scaevola crassifolia

Scaevola halosericea

Scaevola nitida

Sea box

Sea nymph

Sea rocket

Sea spinach

Sea spurge

Sea wheat

Sea wrack

Seagrasses

Seaheath

Senecio lautus

Senecio pinnatifolius

Shining fanflower

Shivery grass

Shrubby samphire

Shrubby twinleaf

Silky scaevola

Snakebush

Solanum symonii

Soursob

Southern diplolaena

Spinifex hirsutus

Spinifex longifolius

Spyridium globulosum

Stalked guinea flower

Stinkwort

Swan plant

Swan river daisy

Sweet-scented evening primrose

Syringodium isoetifolium

 

Tangle daisy

Tangling melaleuca

Tar bush

Templetonia

Templetonia retusa

Tetragonia decumbens

Tetragonia implexicoma

Thalassodendron pachyrhizum

Thick-leaved fan-flower

Thinopyrum distichum

Thomasia cognata

Threlkeldia diffusa

Trachyandra divaricata

Trachymene coerulea

Tree mallow

Tuart

 

Westringia dampieri

White arctotis

White conostylis

White mangrove

Whiteflower fumitory

White-stemmed wattle

Wild grape

Wild onion

Wild sarsaparilla

Willow myrtle

Winged boronia

Wireweed

 

Yellow leschenaultia

Yellow tailflower

 

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Zostera tasmanica

Zosteraceae

Zygophyllum fruticulosurn

Zygophyllum simile