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dicotyledons
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Following is a partial listing of dicotyledons found growing on the
Blue Tier of Tasmania. It is work in progress - the list is expected
to expand over the years and images added as they become
available.
Nomenclature follows that provided
by Tasmanian
Herbarium, Web Edition, 2009.
Key: (e) = endemic; (i) = introduced
ordered by family
- APIACEAE
- Trachymene humilis - Alpine lace flower
- APOCYNACEAE
- Parsonsia brownii - Twining Silkpod
- ASTERACEAE
- Achillea millefolium (i) - Yarrow
- Bedfordia salicina (e)
- Cassinia aculeata
- Cirsium vulgare - (i) Scotch Thistle
- Helichrysum scorpoides - Curling Everlasting
- Microseris lanceolata
- Olearia agrophylla - Musk
- Olearia lirata - Dusty Daisy Bush
- Olearia obcordata
- Olearia persooniodes
- Olearia phlogopappa - Daisy Bush
- Senecio jacobea (i) - Ragwort
- Senecio linearifolius - Fireweed
- Sonchus oleraceus (i)
- CAMPANULACEAE
- CAPRIFOLIACEAE
- Leycesteria formosa - (i) Himalayan Honeysuckle
- CARYOPHYLLACEAE
- Stellaria flaccida - Forest Starwort
- CLUSIACEAE
- CUNONIACEAE
- DILLENIACEAE
- Hibbertia empetrifolia
- Hibbertia rufa - Brown Guinea flower (not found on Blue Tier)
- DROSERACEAE
- Drosera peltata | with prey - Sundew
- Drosera pygmaea - Pygmy Sundew
- ELAEOCARPACEAE
- Aristotelia pedunculata - Heart Berry
- EPACRIDACEAE*
- Acrothamnus hookeri (Leucopogon hookeri) - Mountain Beard-heath
- Cyathodes platystoma - (e) (doubtful id)
- Epacris impressa - Common Heath
- Epacris serpyllifolia
- Leptecophylla juniperina (e) (syn. Cyathodes juniperina, C. parvifolia)
- Leucopogon stuartii - Sharp Beard-heath
- Monotoca glauca - (e) Golden Wood
- Richea gunnii
- ERICACEAE
- Gaultheria hispida - Snow Berry
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- FABACEAE
- Genista monspessulana (i) - Canary Broom; biological control (.pdf, 460kB)
- Oxylobium arborescens
- Pultenaea daphnoides - Native Daphne
- Pultenaea juniperina - Prickly Beauty
- Ulex europaeus - (i) Gorse
- FAGACEAE
- Nothofagus cunninghamii - Myrtle Beech
- GENTIANACEAE
- Gentianella polysperes - Gentian
- GOODENIACEAE
- Goodenia lanata - Native Primrose
- Goodenia ovata
- Scaevola hookeri - Creeping Fan Flower
- LAMIACEAE
- Prostanthera lasianthos - Christmas Bush
- Prunella vulgaris - (i)
- LAURACEAE
- LENTIBULARIACEAE
- Utricularia dichotoma - Fairies' Aprons
- Utricularia monanthos
- MIMOSACEAE
- Acacia dealbata - Silver Wattle
- Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwood
- Acacia mucronata - Variable Sallow Wattle
- Acacia terminalis - Sunshine Wattle
- Acacia verniciflua - Varnished Wattle
- Acacia verticillata - Prickly Mimosa
- MONIMIACEAE
- Atherosperma moschatum - Sassafras
- MYRTACEAE
- Callistemon pallidus - Yellow Bottlebrush
- Eucalyptus obliqua - Brown-top Stringybark
- Eucalyptus regnans - Mountain Ash
- Eucalyptus subcrenulata - Alpine Yellow Gum (notes1)
- Eucalyptus viminalis - White Gum
- Kunzea ambigua - Tick Bush
- Leptospermum lanigerum - Woolly Tea-tree
- Melaleuca squamosa - Swamp Malaleuca
- Melaleuca squarrosa - Scented Paper-bark
- OLEACEAE
- Notelaea ligustrina - Native Olive
- OXALIDACEAE
- Oxalis incarnata (i)
- Oxalis magellanica
- Oxalis perrenans - Native Oxalis
- Oxalis articulata (i)
- PITTOSPORACEAE
- Billardiera longiflora - Climbing Blueberry
- Bursaria spinosa - Prickly Box
- Pittosporum bicolor | details - Cheesewood
- PLANTAGINACEAE
- Plantago lanceolata - (i)
- POLYGALACEAE
- Comesperma retusum
- Comesperma volubile - Blue Love Creeper
- POLYGONACEAE
- Meuhlenbeckia gunnii - Macquarie Vine
- PROTEACEAE
- Banksia marginata - Silver Banksia
- Lomatia tinctoria (e) - Guitar Plant
- Persoonia muelleri (e) - Highland Geebung
- Telopea truncata - Tasmanian Waratah
- RANUNCULACEAE
- Aquilegia vulgaris - (i) Columbine
- Clematis aristata - Australian Clematis
- Ranunculus sp. (undetermined species) - Buttercup
- RHAMNACEAE
- Pomaderris apetala - Dogwood
- Pomaderris elliptica - Yellow Dogwood
- ROSACEAE
- Acaena novae-zelandiae - Buzzy
- Rubus fruticosus (i) - Blackberry
- RUBIACEAE
- Coprosma nitida - Mountain Currant Bush
- Coprosma quadrifida - Native Currant
- RUTACEAE
- Zieria arborescens - Stinkwood
- SANTALACEAE
- Exocarpos cupressiformis - Common Native-cherry
- Leptomeria drupacea - Erect Currantbush
- SCROPHULARIACEAE
- Digitalis purpurea (i) - Digitalis, Foxfloves
- Verbascum thapsus (i)
- Verbascum virgatum (i)
- Veronica calycina - Hairy Speedwell
- SOLANACEAE
- Solanum laciniatum - Kangaroo Apple
- Solanum nigrum - Black Nightshade
- STACKHOUSIACEAE
- Stackhousia monogyna - Candles
- STYLIDIACEAE
- Stylidium graminifolium - Trigger Plant
- THYMELAEACEAE
- Pimelea drupacea
- Pimelea ligustrina
- Pimelea linifolia
- Pimelea pauciflora - Poison Pimelea
- TREMANDRACEAE
- Tetratheca pilosa - Black-eyed Susan
- URTICACEAE
- Utrica urens (i) - Nettle
- VIOLACEAE
- Viola hederacea - Wild Violet
- WINTERACEAE
- Tasmannia lanceolata - Mountain Pepper
* there is a proposal to subsume members of EPACRIDACEAE family under ERICACEAE
Web
- University of Tasmania provides a Key to Tasmanian
Dicotyledons for identification.
- Tasmanian Herbarium
provides A
Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania; we use the 2009
Web Edition as arbiter where a plant may be known by several
names.
- Understorey
Network has comprehensive notes on many plant species listed here
as well as others growing elsewhere in Tasmania.
Literature
- W. M. Curtis, The Students' Flora of Tasmania
- Launceston Field Naturalist Club, A Guide
to Flowers & Plants of Tasmania, ed. M. Cameron
- Roberts, J. & Whiting, J., Tasmania's Natural Flora
- ISBN 10: 0646439162
Page url: http://www.bluetier.org/nature/dicots.htm