Tag: Shrub

Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp. semiplana, commonly known as the Yacca or Tufted Grass-Tree, has a distribution mostly in southern South Australia including the southern Eyre peninsula, southern Mount Lofty region and the central south east of South Australia. There is some distribution in western Victoria along its border area.

Tetratheca pilosa ssp. pilosa, commonly known as Hairy Pink-Bells, is distributed in the southern Mount Lofty ranges in South Australia and sporadically in Victoria. Large distributions are in Tasmania.

Pultenaea pedunculata, commonly known as Matted Bush-Pea, has a distribution in the southern Eyre and Yorke peninsulas as well as across the Flinders and Mount Lofty ranges and south east South Australia. The distribution crosses south western Victoria, eastern Tasmania as well as some locations in southern coastal New South Wales.

Pultenaea acerosa, commonly known as Bristly Bush-Pea, has a distribution across the peninsulas of South Australia, Kangaroo Island and the south east of South Australia.

Pimelea stricta, commonly known as Erect or Gaunt Rice-Flower, has a distribution across the Eyre, Yorke, and Fleurieu peninsulas including Kangaroo Island and the Flinders ranges. Eastward, it extends across south east South Australia into western Victoria. It also has a smaller distribution across central highlands of NSW and parts of Tasmania.

Olearia tubuliflora, commonly known as the Rayless Daisy-Bush, is an endangered species with a distribution scattered on the Eyre peninsula with higher concentrations in the southern Mount Lofty ranges, Kangaroo Island. It is also distributed sporadically in central Victoria and east of Melbourne.

Platylobium obtusangulum, commonly known as Holly Flat-Pea, is located in the Fleurieu highlands (Mount Lofty) extending to Kangaroo Island, most of south eastern South Australia, extending to southern Victoria and eastern Tasmania with some distribution in New South Wales.

Olearia ramulosa, commonly known as Twiggy Daisy-Bush or Grampians Daisy-Bush, is widespread across south east Australia. Its coverage is from Ceduna in western Eyre Peninsula, across Kangaroo Island, the Fleurieu highlands (Mount Lofty), most of Victoria and Tasmania through to New South Wales and just inside southern Queensland.

Leptospermum myrsinoides, commonly known as Heath Tea-Tree or Silky Tea-tree, grows across south eastern Australia covering Kangaroo Island, the Fleurieu highlands (Mount Lofty), most of southern Victoria with small pockets of distribution in New South Wales. Since 2023, the scientific name for the Heath (Silky) Tea-Tree has been transferred from the Leptospermum genus to Gaudium…