Flowering Month: November

  • Tetragonia fruticosa

    Posted on by s2Sprawling shrub with long trailing branches bearing yellowish flowers at the end of branches 3-4 mm in diameter. Fruits broadly four-winged, with knobs between the wings. Found at the Creek at the springs high-water area. Read more »

  • Tetragonia decumbens

    Posted on by s2Sprawling perennial with branches to 1 m and glistening leaves that are warty or hairy. Bears yellow flowers 3-4 mm diameter, in branched, axillary clusters shorter than the leaves. The fruits have stiff wings. Found at the Creek at the... Read more »

  • Spartina maritima

    Posted on by s2Not listed in NEMBA legislation, however it is  troublesome and can  smother other natural vegetation. A robust grass with erect shoots. The flower panicles stand stiffly erect above the leaves which are broad, smooth and firm. The plants are very... Read more »

  • Samolous porosus

    Posted on by s2A herb up to 45 cm tall with slender branched stems and narrow leaves which are larger at the base of the plant. Small 5-petalled flowers are borne towards the end of the stems. Read more »

  • Salicornia meyeriana

    Posted on by s2This is an annual with a very short tap-root. It is a succulent which forms low bushes with slender woody branches and fleshy, green (turning red) leaves. Inconspicuous flowers, arranged in threes, are located at nodes of stems. Read more »

  • Limonium linifolium

    Posted on by s2Tufted dwarf herb with narrow (1 mm broad) branched leaves (3 to 6 mm in length) from stem on woody base. Flowers 5 mm diameter with 5 petals. Read more »

  • Juncus kraussii

    Posted on by s2Dark green reed-like plant found at the ‘upper end’ of the salt marsh vegetation. Leaves cylindrical, stem-like and sharply pointed. Brown flowers in drooping panicles. Read more »

  • Drosanthemum candens

    Posted on by s2Succulent with creeping growth form, rooting at the nodes, with 3-sided green leaves with rounded edges and tips. Pink flowers 25 mm diameter. Read more »

  • Cotula coronopifolia

    Posted on by s2Moisture lover with creeping stems which root under water. Growing in the park in an area that floods at spring tide. Flowers very small at less than 10 mm. Read more »