Endemic Plants Catalogue, Page 3

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Lancewood

To 15m tall. Grows in dense stands in shallow, gravelly or skeletal soils on sandstone or laterite. Flowers lemon spikes Apr - July

Small shrub to 1.5m. Flowers yellow balls. Grows around Dajarra area in shallow, sandy or rocky soils. Useful in rockeries.

Very similar to A. chippendalei.

Shrub to 4m. Flowers are yellow in spikes. It grows in eucalypt woodlands on red soils.

Prickly Wattle

Shrub of 1 to 4m. Flowers are creamy to pale yellow in balls, July. It grows generally in the area but is not particularly common.

Whitewood

Tree to 10m. Narrow canopy. Flowers are creamy green and small, September. This tree is widespread in the area and grows in most soil types, on flats or hillsides.

Kurrajong

Deciduous tree to 5m with thick trunk. Flowers small, tubular, white to cream. Large woody brown pods. Grows on hills and granite country. Aborigines roasted seeds & ground them into flour.

Boulia Bottlebrush

To 4m tall. Open habit. Spectacular red bottlebrush flowers Sept - Nov. Grows on seasonally inundated flats. Good garden plant.

Brittle Bloodwood

Small, shapely tree to 10m. Flowers are creamy white, September. It grows on rocky hillsides. The leaves are rough and sandpapery.

Ghost Gum

Tree 15 – 20m. Outstanding features are the powdery white bark and bright green drooping foliage. Flowers are white, December to February.

Beautiful feature tree.

Small fruited bloodwood

Tree to 15m. Flowers creamy white,March to May. Attractive rough bark with reddish blotches. It grows on plains and low stony hills. Can be used as an indicator of soils with a moderate level of available phosphorus.

Long Fruited Bloodwood

Tree 15 – 20m. Flowers cream, February to April. It grows on hills, slopes and flats but prefers sandy soils.

Useful as a timber for posts and is a good firewood. Aborigines used the gum for making medicine.

Western Bloodwood

Tree 6 – 12m. Flowers cream with red centre, March to September. It is very drought resistant and is widespread, usually along the lower sides of valleys and alluvial flats.