Plant Information
The list of plants below relate to our Rome St project have been selected based on a number of factors:
- Qld Regional Ecosystem Framework Technical Description
- Historical changes to the soil profile
- Suitability to local residents
- Availability at nurseries
- Consultation with our indigenous project partner
- Consultation with Brisbane City Council
Check what category of plant it is, then click on the hyperlinked names to find out more. At least 10 volunteers have done research and produced info sheets for community reference. Want to learn more about local plants? Come to a Rome St working bee and get to grips with them.
NB: Due to the transition to our new site you will find that the links to plant information below currently link to an archived version of our previous website on TROVE. We are slowly working to update this to sit on our new site.
Ground Cover
- Apium prostratum Sea Celery
- Cullen tenax Emu Foot
- Goodenia rotundifolia Yellow Fan Flower
- Myoporum ellipticum Coastal Boobialla / Mangrove Boobialla
- Myoporum parvifolium Creeping Boobialla
- Tetragonia tetragonioides Warrigal Greens
Creepers
- Eustrephus latifolius Wombat Berry
- Geitonoplesium cymosum Scrambling Lily
- Hardenbergia violacea Native Sarsaparilla / False Sarsaparilla
- Kennedia rubicunda Dusky Coral Pea
Grasses
- Alloteropsis semialata Cockatoo Grass
- Aristida calycina Dark Wiregrass
- Capillipedium spicigerum Scented Top
- Cymbopogon refractus Barbed Wire Grass / Barb Wire Grass
- Dichanthium sericeum Qld Blue Grass
- Eragrostis brownii Brown’s Love Grass / Browns Lovegrass
- Imperata cylindrica Blady Grass
- Microlaena stipoides Weeping Meadowgrass
- Ottochloa gracillima Graceful Grass
- Oplismenus aemulus Basket Grass
- Poa labillardierei Tussock Grass
- Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
Rushes and Sedges
- Carex appressa Tall Sedge
- Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Saw-sedge
- Juncus krausii Salt Marsh Rush
- Lepironia articulata Grey Rush
- Lepidosperma gladiatum
- Lomandra longifolia Mat-Rush / Long-leaved Mat Rush
Lillies
- Dianella brevipedunculata Blueberry Lily
- Dianella caerulea Blue Flax-Lily / Blue Flax Lily
- Dianella longifolia Blueberry Lily / Pale Flax Lily
Shrubs
- Acacia complanata Flat-stemmed Wattle
- Acacia fimbriata Brisbane Wattle / Brisbane Golden Wattle
- Breynia oblongifolia False Coffee Bush / Coffee Bush
- Carissa ovata Currant Bush
- Clerodendrum floribundum Butterfly Bush
- Corchorus cunninghamii Native Jute
- Cyclophyllum coprosmoides Canthium / Supplejack
- Dodonaea triquetra Hop Bush / Large-Leaved Hop Bush
- Dodonaea viscosa Sticky Hop Bush
- Hakea actities
- Hibiscus heterophyllus Native Rosella
- Hovea acutifolia Pointed Leaf Hovea
- Indigofera australis Native Indigo
- Jacksonia scoparia Dogwood
- Leptospermum juniperinum Juniper Wild May
- Leptospermum laevigatum Coastal Tea Tree
- Leptospermum polygalifolium Wild May / Paper-Barked Tea Tree
- Leptospermum trinervium Paper-Barked Tea Tree
- Melaleuca thymifolia Thyme Honey-Myrtle
- Melastoma affine Blue-Tongue
- Ozothamnus diosmifolius Sago flower
- Petalostigma pubescens Quinine Bush / Hairy Quinine Berry
- Pavetta australiensis Pavetta
- Pipturus argenteus Native Mulberry
- Pittosporum multiflorum (prev. Citriobatus pauciflorus) Orange Thorn
- Pittosporum revolutum Forest Pittosporum
- Pultenaea petiolaris Bush Pea
- Pultenaea villosa Hairy Bush Pea
- Randia moorei Spiny Gardenia
- Senna acclinis Brush Senna
- Senna aciphylla Sprawling Cassia / Australian Senna
- Senna artemisioides
- Senna gaudichaudii Gaudichaud’s Senna
- Senna sophera v. sophera Pepper-leaved Senna
- Trema tomentosa Poison Peach
Trees
- Alphitonia excelsa Red Ash
- Banksia integrifolia Coast Banksia
- Casuarina glauca Swamp Oak / Swamp Sheoak
- Corymbia tessellaris Moreton Bay Ash
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides Tuckeroo
- Ficus coronata Sandpaper Fig
- Flindersia schottiana Cudgerie Bumpy Ash
- Glochidion ferdinandi Cheese Tree
- Glochidion sumatranum Umbrella Cheese Tree
- Lophostemon suaveolens Swamp Box
- Mallotus philippensis Red Kamala
- Melaleuca salicina (syn Callistemon salignus) Willow Bottlebrush
- Melaleuca viminalis (syn Callistemon viminalis) Weeping Bottlebrush
- Psydrax odorata Shiny-leaved Canthium
- Syzygium smithii Common Lilly-pilly
Thanks to Len for starting the plant info project, also Katrina, Josh, Simon, Tran, Kelly, Selina, Mark, Jenny and Claire. Special thanks to Claire for putting it all together!!