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Herb

Also known as Forbs. Don't have wood development in the stem (so bananas plants are herbs!)

Caladenia filamentosa

Posted Mon, 30/05/2011 - 08:52 by karl
Common Names: 
Red Daddy Long-legs

Caladenia filamentosa

Pterostylis grandiflora

Posted Mon, 30/05/2011 - 08:30 by karl
Common Names: 
Cobra Greenhood

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Prasophyllum diversiflorum

Posted Mon, 30/05/2011 - 08:27 by karl
Common Names: 
Gorae Leek-orchid

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Caladenia fragrantissima subsp. fragrantissima

Posted Tue, 24/05/2011 - 09:37 by karl
Common Names: 
Scented Spider-orchid

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Wahlenbergia stricta

Posted Sun, 17/04/2011 - 11:25 by BB
Common Names: 
Tall Bluebell

samll W. stricta flower-100x100.jpgA tall growing Bluebell, with hairy stems and leaves. The leaves remain opposite until the upper flowering stems, where they become alternate. Leaves are narrow, with teeth on the margins.

Wahlenbergia luteola

Posted Sat, 16/04/2011 - 18:05 by BB
Common Names: 
Bronze-backed Bluebell, Yellowish Bluebell

Herb, with narrow, greyish green leaves. Sometimes these are hairy. The flowers have five petals which are blue but have a reverse which is variously cream to deep chrome-yellow. In the most striking forms, this colour approaches a burnished bronze.
Very similar to Wahlenbergia communis but differs in the cream to yellow-backed petals.

Wahlenbergia gracilis

Posted Sat, 16/04/2011 - 14:41 by BB
Common Names: 
Sprawling Bluebell

A tufted, perennial herb, eventually forming a tangled mass of fine stems. Grows usually to about 30cm high. Alternate leaves are narrow and wavy-edged. Small flowers are around 4mm wide and with a rounded ovary.

Wahlenbergia multicaulis

Posted Fri, 15/04/2011 - 22:04 by BB
Common Names: 
Tadgell's Bluebell

A narrow erect herb to approximately 40cm tall. The foliage is narrow, dark green. Wiry stems are topped by small, deep blue flowers on relatively large, narrow funnel-shaped ovaries. This is perhaps the best way to distinguish this species from relatives such as the Tufted Bluebell, Wahlenbergia communis

Wahlenbergia communis

Posted Fri, 15/04/2011 - 21:33 by BB
Common Names: 
Tufted Bluebell

A vigorous herb with a creeping root system. The dark green foliage grows to approximately 20cm tall. Flowers are produced abundantly from Spring to Autumn, reaching approximately 40cm tall. The leaves are narrow and almost hairless which helps to distinguish it from Wahlenbergia stricta. The petals of W. communis are narrower and don't overlap at the base in the same way as those of W.

Wahlenbergia gracilenta

Posted Fri, 15/04/2011 - 20:19 by BB
Common Names: 
Annual Hairy Bluebell

A small annual Bluebell with a few pairs of hairy, rounded leaves are produced at the base of the plant.
Thread-like stems grow to about 15cm high. These branch loosely and are tipped by the tiny blue flowers.
Flowers are only about 2mm across and have 4 or five petals. The ovary below the flower is very rounded and about the size and shape of a match-head.

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