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Plants of a MalleeBox Woodland

Ground Layer

Native sorrelOxalis perennans

Ankle high ground creeping herb, flowers found in groups of three orsingular, grows throughout most of the year

Black anther flax-lilyDianella revoluta var. revoluta

Blue-green stiff leaves folding shut near base, purple flowers, stamensblack with orange base, 50-80 cm tall, spring and early summer

PussytailPtilotus spathulatus

Stems run along the ground from a central group of leaves and rise atthe end, flowers have five hard petals, grouped in clusters, covered inlong, soft yellow hairs in winter through to summer

Silky riceflowerPimelea micrantha

Erect shrub to 50 cm high, covered in fine white hairs, flowers yellow and inclusters, late spring and summer

Spear grass

A tufted perennial, 50-100 cm high, spikelets have a single floret which isoften purplish with a long wispy tail, spring to summer

Stipa sp.

White goodeniaGoodenia albiflora

Found on slopes of foothills,blue-green leaves, five petals resemblefingers on a hand, grows to knee high in late spring and summer

Photo: J. J Smith Photo: J. J Smith

Photo: J. J Smith

Photo: J. J Smith

Photo: J. J SmithPhoto: J. J SmithPhoto: J. J Smith

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Common vanilla-lilyArthropodium strictum

Annual plant, fleshy grass-shaped leaves, stems with purple flowersto 40 cm high in spring and summer

Iimage sourced from Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (Eds) (1986)Fouth Edition Government Printer, Adelaide.

Floraof South Australia

Wallaby grassDanthonia spp

Each floret has a two-lobed seed which looks like wallaby ears, flowersmostly in spring

Photo & image: Native Grasses Resource Group

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Illustrations marked ‘AP’ reproduced with kind permissionof the author Ann Prescott from the book ‘It’s Blue withFive Petals’. Other images courtesy of Neville Bonneyauthor of ‘What Seed is That?’ featuring illustrations byartist Anne Miles.