What's in flower at Tumbi Wetlands

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All the plants on this site are classified
according to their accepted scientific names;
if you are searching for a plant using its common name
enter the common name in the search box at the right.

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What's flowering in
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

References used here are:
PlantNET - the on-line database of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Robinson,L, Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, Kenthurst, 1997
 

The list below includes all of the plants that have been identified to date including some for which no photos are as yet available. Linked to this page you will find some of the plants flowering, somewhere at Tumbi Wetlands, throughout the year. You can scan through this list, or use the more specific lists for plants that flower in each month of the year. These monthly list can be accessed by clicking on the name of the month you want to view, in any one of the lists of months.
Flowering times have been taken from Robinson (below left) as well as a historic record of what has been seen over the last few years. They should only be used as an indication of main flowering times, as these can be affected by weather and other conditions.

All the plants on the site are listed below by alphabetical index of botanical name.
Click on the appropriate initial letter following to see that part of the list
A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-L | M-O | P-R | S-Z |
or use the seacrch engine provided for you above.

As well as these identified plants, information and photos of unidentified plants is sometimes displayed. This can be found here
If you're trying to identify a flower which isn't listed, look in the lists for the adjacent months as well.
If you see any plants flowering in the reserve which are not on the page,
please email us
The photos of plants have all been taken at Tumbi Wetlands.








Plants flowering   in      
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
 

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Acacia brownii -
Acacia falcata -
Acacia irrorata - A small tree wattle
Acacia longifolia - Sydney Golden Wattle
Acacia myrtifolia - Myrtle Wattle
Acacia sauveolens - Sweet Wattle
Adiantum aethiopicum - - Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum hispidulum - - Rough Maidenhair Fern
Allocasuarina torulosa - Forest Oak
Angophora costata - Smooth-barked Apple, Sydney Red Gum, Kajimbourra
Alternanthera denticulata - Lesser Joyweed
Austrodanthonia tenuior- Wallaby Grass

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Banksia integrifolia - Coast Banksia
Banksia oblongifolia - Fern-leafed Banksia
Banksia spinulosa - Hairpin Banksia
Blechnum nudum - Water Fishbone Fern
Billardiera scandens - Apple Berry, Dumplings
Bossiaea stephensonii - _______
Breynia oblongifolia - Breynia
Brunoniella australis - Blue Trumpet
Burchardia umbellata - Milkmaids

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Caesia parviflora var. vittata - Blue Grass Lily
Calochlaena dubia - False Bracken
Caladenia catenata - White Caladenia, White Fingers
Callitriche stagnalis - Common Starwort
Calochilus paludosus - Red Beardie
Carex fascicularis - Tassel Sedge
Carex inversa - another sedge
Cassytha pubescens - Common Devil's Twine
Cassytha glabella - Slender Devil's Twine
Caustis pentandra -       
Centella asiatica - Indian Pennywort
Christella dentata - Bining
Comesperma ericinum - Pink Matchheads, Heath Milkwort
Comesperma sphaerocarpum - Fairy Wings
Commelina cyanea - Creeping Christian, Scurvy Weed
Cryptostylis subulata - Large tongue orchid, Cow orchid
Cyclosorus interruptus - water-loving fern
Cymbidium sauve - Snake Flower
Cyperus trinervis - another sedge
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Daviesia ulicifolia - Gorse Bitter Pea
Dianella caerulea - Blue Flax Lily
Dichelachne inaequiglumis -
Dichelachne micrantha - Shorthair Plumegrass
Dichondra repens - Kidney Weed
Dodonaea triquetra - Common hop bush
Drosera peltata - Sundew

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Echinopogon caespitosus - Tufted Hedgehog grass
Entolasia marginata - Bordered Panic Grass
Entolasia stricta - Wiry Panic grass
Eucalyptus haemastoma - Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus robusta - Swamp Mahogany
Eustrephus latifolius - Wombat Berry

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Gahnia clarkei - Saw Grass
Glochidion ferdinandi - Cheese Tree
Glycine clandestina - Twining Glycine, Love Creeper
Glycine tabacina - Native Clover
Gompholobium latifolium - Golden Glory Pea, Broad Leaf Wedge Pea
Gompholobium pinnatum - Pinnate Wedge Pea
Gonocarpus micranthus - Creeping Ragwort
Goodenia bellidifolia - Daisey-leaved Goodenia
Goodenia paniculata - Swamp Goodenia
Goodenia heterophylla - Variable-leaved Goodenia
Hakea salicifolia - Willow-leaved Hakea
Haemodorum planifolium - Blood Root
Hardenbergia violacea - Happy wanderer, False sarsaparilla
Hibbertia empetrifolia -
Hibbertia riparia -
Hibbertia scandens - Golden guinea flower
Hydrocotyle peduncularis - native relative of the pennywort weed

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Imperata cylindrica - Bladey Grass
Isolepis inundata - Swamp Club-sedge
Isopogon anemonifolius - Drumsticks

Juncus bufonius - Toad Rush
Juncus holoschoenus - -a sedge
Juncus usitatus - - Common Juncus
Kennedia rubicunda - Dusky Coral Pea
Kunzea ambigua - Tick bush

Lachnagrostis filiformis - Blown Grass
Laxmannia gracilis - Slender Wire Lily
Lepidosperma laterale -
Leptospermum juniperinum - Prickly Tea-tree
Leptospermum polygalifolium - Paperbark tea-tree
Leptospermum trinervium - Paperbark tea-tree
Lepyrodia scariosa - a sedge
Leucopogon juniperinus - Prickly Beard-heath
Leucopogon lanceolatus - Lance Beard-heath
Lindsaea linearis - Screw Fern
Lindsaea microphylia - Lacy Wedge Fern
Lobelia alata - Lobelia
Lomandra confertifolia - Mat-rush
Lomandra longifolia - Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Lomandra multiflora - Many-flowered Mat-rush
Lyperanthus sauveolens - Brown beaks

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Melaleuca ericifolia - Swamp Paperbark
Melaleuca nodosa - Ball Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca decora - White Feather Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca ericifolia - Swamp Paperbark
Melaleuca linariifolia - Snow in Summer
Melaleuca sieberi - Sieber's Paperbark
Melaleuca thymifolia - Thyme Honey-myrtle
Microlaena stipoides - Weeping Meadow Grass
Mirblia speciosa - Purple Mirbelia

Omalanthus populifolius - Bleeding Heart
Opercularia aspera
Opercularia varia - Variable Stinkweed
Oplismenus aemulus - Basket grass

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Pandorea pandorana - Wonga Wonga Vine
Parsonsia straminea - Monkey Rope or Silkpod
Paspalidium distans - a grass
Patersonia sericea - Native Iris, Silky Purple Flag
Persicaria lapathifolium - Knotweed
Persicaria praetermissa -
Persicaria strigosa - Spotted Knotweed
Persoonia levis - Broad-leaf Geebung, Smooth Geebung
Persoonia linearis - Narrow-leaf Geebung
Pimelea linifolia ssp. linifolia - Rice flower
Pittosporum undulatum - Sweet pittosporum
Poa labillardierei -Tussock Grass
Poa sieberiana - Fine-leafed Tussock Grass
Podolobium scandens -          
Polyscias sambucifolia - Elderberry panax or Elderberry Ash
Pratia purpurascens - White Root
Pteridium esculentum - Bracken Fern
Pterostylis grandifolora - Superb Greenhood
Pterostylis curta - BluntGreenhood
Pterostylis nutans - Nodding Greenhood
Ptilothrix deusta - a sedge
Pultenaea daphnoides - Large-leaf Bush-pea
Pultenaea paleacea
Pultenaea retusa
Pultenaea villosa - Hairy Bush Pea
Pyrhobryum parramattensis - - a moss

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Sacciolepis indica - Indian Cupscale Grass
Scaevola ramosissima - Snake Flower, Fan Flower
Schizaea bifida - Forked Comb Fern
Schizaea dichotoma - Fan Fern or Branched Comb Fern
Schoenus apogon - Common Bog-rush
Sphaerolobium vimineum - ______________
Stylidium productum - Trigger plant

Thelymitra sp. - Sun Orchid
Themeda australis - Kangaroo grass
Thysanotus tuberosus - Common Fringe Lily
Tricoryne elatior - Yellow Rush Lily
Typha orientalis - Cumbungi

Viola hederacea - Native Violet

Wahlenbergia gracilis - Native Bluebell
Woollsia pungens - Snow wreath

Xanthorrhoea media - Grass tree
Xanthosia tridentata - Rock Zanthosia


 
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