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Plants of a Mallee Box Woodland Ground Layer Native sorrel Oxalis perennans Ankle high ground creeping herb, flowers found in groups of three or singular, grows throughout most of the year Black anther flax-lily Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Blue-green stiff leaves folding shut near base, purple flowers, stamens black with orange base, 50-80 cm tall, spring and early summer Pussytail Ptilotus spathulatus Stems run along the ground from a central group of leaves and rise at the end, flowers have five hard petals, grouped in clusters, covered in long, soft yellow hairs in winter through to summer Silky riceflower Pimelea micrantha Erect shrub to 50 cm high, covered in fine white hairs, flowers yellow and in clusters, late spring and summer Spear grass A tufted perennial, 50-100 cm high, spikelets have a single floret which is often purplish with a long wispy tail, spring to summer Stipa sp. White goodenia Goodenia albiflora Found on slopes of foothills,blue-green leaves, five petals resemble fingers 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 Smith Photo: J. J Smith Photo: J. J Smith AP AP AP AP AP Common vanilla-lily Arthropodium strictum Annual plant, fleshy grass-shaped leaves, stems with purple flowers to 40 cm high in spring and summer Iimage sourced from Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (Eds) (1986) Fouth Edition Government Printer, Adelaide. Flora of South Australia Wallaby grass Danthonia spp Each floret has a two-lobed seed which looks like wallaby ears, flowers mostly in spring Photo & image: Native Grasses Resource Group Schools located within the Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board area are permitted to copy a small number of this document for educational purposes only. Copyright 2003. Under no circumstances are copies to be sold for profit. Illustrations marked ‘AP’ reproduced with kind permission of the author Ann Prescott from the book ‘It’s Blue with Five Petals’. Other images courtesy of Neville Bonney author of ‘What Seed is That?’ featuring illustrations by artist Anne Miles.

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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 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

Schools located within the Adelaide & Mount Lofty RangesNRM Board area are permitted to copy a small number of thisdocument for educational purposes only. Copyright 2003.Under no circumstances are copies to be sold for profit.

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.

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