Common Plants
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ANDAMOOKA LILY (CRINUM FLACCIDUM) ID: Up to 50cm tall, COMMON with distinctively pretty pale-yellow flowers. Very PLANTS smelly, also known OF THE ROXBY as the Stink Lily. DOWNS REGION Where to see: After rain in summer and autumn in creek lines and flood plains in STURT'S DESERT PEA Andamooka. THANKS TO ARID (SWAINSONA FORMOSA) RECOVERY FOR SUPPLYING The Floral emblem of South Australia HOPBUSH THIS INFORMATION ID: Unmistakable when in flower. Flowers usually red with black centre (“boss”), but the (DODONAEA VISCOSA SSP. ANGUSTISSIMA) colours of the petals and boss can vary from ID: Large shrub, red to pink and white. similar at first Where to see: After rain; town verges and glance to Sandhill Borefield Rd. Wattle, but has far Sturt's Desert Pea's are protected in South “waxier” leaves. Australia. Look but don’t touch! Please leave Seed capsules can them for others to appreciate. be vividly coloured, PRODUCED BY with four “wings” to Where to see: Roxby Downs help with wind- Common on sand Visitor Information Centre dispersal. dunes. Ph: (08) 8671 5941 Email: [email protected] Website: www.roxbydowns.sa.gov.au POACHED EGG DAISY This information is prepared by the Roxby (POLYCALYMMA STUARTII) Downs Visitor Information Centre to act as a ID: Small herbs, 10-50cm guide. Care is taken for information to be tall, with long, thin stems true and correct, however Roxby Downs and gorgeous "poached Visitor Information Centre takes no responsibility for incorrect information. egg" flowers. Where to see: After rain on sand dunes Published May 2020 PEARL BLUEBUSH CYPRESS PINE MULGA (MAIREANA ASTROTRICHA) (CALLITRIS GLAUCOPHYLLA) (ACACIA ANEURA) ID: Blueish-grey shrub. ID: Up to 18m tall, the only pine tree in the Leaves shorter than 1cm, ID: Up to 10m tall, with area. Young trees are symmetrical and oval-shaped and needle-like leaves. coneshaped, becoming less symmetrical succulent. Flowers are spike shaped with age. and bright yellow. Where to see: Flat, hard soils (“swales”) between Where to see: Where to see: Dune edges, Arid Recovery. sand dunes. Lives up to Olympic Way - Elaborate processing allowed Indigenous 300 years. Leaves are between Roxby Australians to use this plant to create pastes high in protein and salt Downs and Olympic and “bush lollies”. and can be overgrazed Dam. Pines in the area by rabbits and livestock. have been aged to 250 CANNONBALL years old. (DISSOCARPUS PARADOXUS) BLADDER SALTBUSH ID: Small herb, less than 50cm. Flowers and (ATRIPLEX VESICARIA) “fruit” are woolly and spherical, with many ID: Low shrub, 40-80cm high. spines. Wool falls off when fruits are on the Leaves flat and roughly WESTERN MYALL floor. triangular, becoming fleshy (ACACIA PAPYROCARPA) after rain. Flowers “bladdery”. Where to see: Where to see: Flat, hard soils Flat swales, (“swales”) between sand mulga patches. dunes. Salt lake edges. ID: Tree up to 7m Easy to find if Leaves edible (tastes salty!). tall, often with barefoot! neat, round and (Another reason shady canopies. to always wear SANDHILL WATTLE closed-in shoes (ACACIA LIGULATA) in the bush). ID: Large shrub, normally Where to see: Flat ground, often near 1-2m tall. Circular, bright yellow flowers. bluebushes. Corner of Olympic Way and Creates long seed pods, which are often Borefield Rd, Stuart Highway between visible on plant long after the seeds have Pimba and Coober Pedy. popped out. Where to see: Common on sand dunes..