Posted Sat, 08/05/2010 - 09:00 by BB
Vigorous rhizomatous groundcover. Resembles Dichondra repens but the leaves are hairless and slightly scalloped on the edge. The flowers are only found by careful searching, being very small and green. They occur in clusters at the base of the plant's leaves.
Posted Sat, 08/05/2010 - 07:19 by BB
Leaves emerge in winter. These are fleshy and hollow, like a spring-onion. The spike of six-petalled flowers emerge in spring, around October. The stems may rise to 50cm in robust plants but are generally shorter. The flowers open to about 3cm and smell faintly of roses. 
Posted Fri, 07/05/2010 - 13:14 by locust
A vigorous, low groundcover, spear-head shaped leaves to approximately 1.0cm long. In open ground it tends to grow to about 15 cm in height It grows from a single stem and tends not to root at nodes. A single plant in open ground may reach 3 metres in diameter however it may scramble through other vegetation. Sprays of insignificant greenish flowers occur in mid summer on the ends of the stems. A fleshy berry rapidly swells around the developing seed, eventually becoming juicy, red or orange and sweet. These edible berries are also slightly salty.
Posted Fri, 07/05/2010 - 10:42 by locust
A vigorous rhizomatous groundcover plant. The leaves are a rounded kidney shape and are produced on the end of stalks to about 10 cm high. The species may be mistaken for Centella, Centella cordifolia. Centella can be distinguished by its slightly scalloped leaf edge. Where the stem joins the leaf of Centella, it resembles pie where a wedge has been removed. The gap in Dichondra is more rounded
Posted Thu, 06/05/2010 - 22:52 by BB
A low, rhizomatous groundcover with finely divided leaves to approximately 2 cm long. It grows to about 15 cm in height. Pale lilac daisy flowers are produced above the foliage on fine stems. A single plant in open ground may spread approximately 50cm in diameter.
Posted Thu, 06/05/2010 - 20:44 by locust
Sometimes confused with Convolvulus erubescens, which also occurs in Tea Tree Heath and dry and damp sclerophyll forests.
Posted Thu, 06/05/2010 - 20:17 by locust
A softly hairy herb. Variable, commonly sold in nurseries. Strikingly different provenances may be sold in nurseries, one popular one with vigorous, robust growth habit appear to originate form the summit of Mt William in Gariwerd (the Grampians).
The forms on the Victorian VOlcanic Plains with narrow leaves are considered to form a separate species which is still to be described called Chrysocephalum sp. 1
Posted Thu, 06/05/2010 - 20:09 by locust
A species of the Asteraceae family, Common Sneezeweed has small globular green-cream flowerheads, and small teethed leaves. When crushed, the leaves exude a pungent sickly sweet smell.
Posted Sun, 02/05/2010 - 20:41 by BB
A vigorous, low groundcover, grey, mealy leaves to approximately 1.5 cm long with wavy edges. In open ground it tends to grow to about 15 cm in height It grows from a single stem and tends not to root at nodes. A single plant in open ground may reach 3 metres in diameter however it may scramble through other vegetation. Clusters of insignificant greenish flowers occur in mid summer. The pair of bracts that surround the flower rapidly swell around the developing seed, eventually becoming juicy, red and sweet. These edible berries are also slightly salty.
Posted Sun, 02/05/2010 - 20:41 by BB
A small groundcover, with fine, linear leaves to approximately 1 cm long. In open ground it tends to grow to about 10 cm however it may scramble through other vegetation to 40cm. It is rhizomatus and a single plant may cover square metres of ground, spreading through intertussock spaces. Clusters of tiny white flowers sprinkle the plant in mid spring (September-October).
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