Endemic Plants Catalogue, Page 6

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Melaleuca argentea  (Myrtaceae)

Silvery Weeping Teatree

Tall weeping tree 10 to 20m. Flowers are greenish cream in July to October. It grows along banks of creeks and rivers. Looks very similar to M. leucadendra.

Bird-attracting species                                                

Melaleuca bracteata  (Myrtaceae)

Black Teatree

Shrub to 5m. Flowers are small creamy brushes in August to November. It grows along creek banks. Attracts insects. Timber is durable and useful for posts and poles. Oil is used to increase the potency of some insecticides.

Melaleuca dissitiflora  (Myrtaceae)

Shrub to 2 to 4m. Flowers are small, creamy brushes and heavily scented in August to November. It grows along creek courses. Will tolerate wet conditions well.

Melaleuca leucadendra  (Myrtaceae)

Weeping Teatree

Tree 20 to 30m. Flowers are greenish-cream brushes between May and September. It grows along watercourses in deep sand or sandy loam. Looks very similar to M. argentea. Aborigines used the bark for a variety of purposes including bedding and shelters. Timber is used for posts, poles and bush constructions.

Fibrebark

Small tree to 5m. Flowers greenish or bright red bottlebrush Apr - Sept. Grows in sandy to loamy soils in low-lying areas. Useful garden tree

Melaleuca viridiflora  (Myrtaceae)

Broad-leaved Teatree

Tall shrub 3 to 7m. Flowers are creamy yellow or greenish March to August. It grows on banks of creeks and streams on clay and loam soils. Not very common around Mount Isa area.

Butterfly Bush

Shrub to 1.5m. Flowers yellow with red 'eyebrow' on upper petal, Jul - Sept. Best examples are on creek flats. Good garden shrub but fairly short lived

Senna artemisioides subsp. artemisioides  (Caesalpiniaceae)

Silver Cassia

Attractive shrub to 3m. Flowers are yellow, open-petalled and scented throughout most of the year but mainly winter and early spring. It grows in a range of different soils.

Senna artemisioides subsp. helmsii  (Caesalpiniaceae)

Crinkled Cassia

Grey woody shrub to 1.5m. Flowers are bright yellow and in clusters. It grows in stony soils and is closely related to S. artemisioides subsp. oligophylla.

Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla  (Caesalpiniaceae)

Limestone Cassia

Shrub 1 to 1.5m and about 1.5m wide. Flowers are yellow, open-petalled May to August. It grows on flat stony, limestone country in Eucalyptus-Spinifex open woodland. It is the most common Senna in the area.

Grey Cassia

Small shrub to 1.5m with grey foliage. Flowers yellow May - Aug. Grows scattered on red sandy soils and stony ridges. Good garden shrub

Senna glutinosa subsp. glutinosa  (Caesalpiniaceae)

Sticky Cassia

A very straggly shrub to 1.5m. Flowers Bright yellow and open-petalled May to August. It grows on stony soils in Eucalyptus-Spinifex woodland

Senna glutinosa subsp. pruinosa  (Caesalpiniaceae)

White Cassia

Open woody shrub to 2m. Flowers are bright yellow and open-petalled as are all the Senna sp. Flowers May to August. It grows on stony soils in Eucalyptus-Spinifex woodland.