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Onion Weed
(
*Asphodelus fistulosus
)
Petals with thin brown stripe. Common in warmer districts.
Southern Shepherd's Purse
(
Ballantinia antipoda
)
Four white petals, divided leaves
Ward's Weed
(
*Carrichtera annua
)
Small annual; fruit resemble tadpoles. Northern areas.
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed
(
Cerastrium glomeratum
)
Small herb. Petals scarcely protrude from surrounding bracts.
Tree Lucerne
(
*Chamaecytisus palmensis
)
Tree with white pea flowers. Leaves trifoliate.
Hemlock
(
*Conium maculatum
)
To about a metre high. Fern-like leaves.
Common Bindweed
(
*Convolvulus arvensis
)
Twining plant.
Cotoneasters
(
*Cotoneaster
species)
Shrubs with red fruit.
Kidney Weed
(
Dichondra repens)
Prostrate creeper. Kidney-shaped leaves.
Australian Anchor Plant
(
Discaria pubescens)
Spines paired, like anchors. Shrub. Rare.
Erica
(
*Erica lusitanica
)
Shrub with white or pale pink tube flowers.
Freesia
(
*Freesia alba
)
Large white tube flowers.
White-flower Fumitory
(
*Fumaria capreolata
)
. Weak climber. Leaves divided into narrow segments.
Carpet Weed
(
*Galena pubescens
)
Mat forming. Leaves oval, shortly hairy.
Common Heliotrope
(
*Heliotropium europaeum
)
Flowers small, forming an arching cluster.
Burgan
(
*Kunzea phylicoides
Tea-tree with white flowers on short stalks.
Hoary Cress
(
*Lepidium drabra
)
Terminal flat-topped flower clusters. Flowers with 4 petals.
Snowflake
(
*Leucojum aestivum
Strap-shaped leaves. White flowers with green spots.
Japanese Honeysuckle
(
Lonicera japonica
)
Climber. White two-lipped tube flowers. Oval leaves.
Garden Mint
(
*Mentha spicata
)
Cylindrical terminal clusters of white flowers. Aromatic. Wet areas.
Tangled Lignum
(
Muehlenbeckia florulenta
)
Wiry almost leafless shrub Swamps.
Jonquil
(
Narcissus tazetta
)
White petals with central yellow cup.
Watercress
(
*Nasturtium officinale
)
4 white petals. Leaves in unequal leaflets. Wet areas.
Fragrant False Garlic>
(
*Nothoscordum borbonicum
)
Onion-like leaves. Clusters of white flowers .
Sweet Pittosporum
(
*Pittosporum undulatum.
)
Small tree. Orange berries.
Weeping Pittosporum
(
*Pittosporum angustifolium.
)
Small tree. Apricot-coloured berries.
Black Locust
(
*Robinia pseudoacacia
)
Small tree. Leaves with leaflets.
Chickweed
(
*Stellaria media
)
Scrambling herb. 5 white deeply divided petals- resembles 10 petals.
Prickly Starwort
(
Stellaria pungens
)
Scrambling herb. 5 white deeply divided petals- resembles 10 petals. Leaves narrow, sharp.
Grey Germander
(
*Teucrium racemosum
)
2-lipped white flowers; flower stalks bent.
Chickweed
(
Stellaria caespitosa
)
Cushion bush. Wet areas.
Wandering Tradescantia
(
*Tradescantia fumatinensis
)
Creeper.
Clustered Clover
(
*Trifolium glomeratum.
)
Flowers small, white, in spiky-looking balls.
White Clover
(
*Trifolium repens.
)
Flowers white, clustered. Leaves with yellow crescent.
Subterranean Clover
(
*Trifolium subterannean
)
Flowers white, small. Common.
Yucca
(
*Yucca
species)
Large white bell flowers. Rare.
Arum Lily
(
Zantedeschia aethiopica
)
Large petal-like white bract.
Rough Star-hair
(
Astrotricha linearis
ssp 1)
Shrub. White petals. Elphinstone.
Daphne Heath
(
Brachyloma daphnoides
)
Shrub. White tube flowers with spreading tips. Very Common.
Milkmaids (
Burchardia umbellata
)
Lily. White flowers radiate from a common point. Common.
Sweet Bursaraia
(
Bursaria spinosa
)
Prickly shrub. Flowers summer.
Shiny Cassinia
(
Cassinia longifolia
)
Flat-topped clusters of white flowers. Leaves with under-vein visible. Uncommon.
Sticky Cassinia
(
Cassinia diminuta
)
Flat-topped clusters of yellow flowers. Localised.
Common Fringe-myrtle
(
Calytrix tetragona
)
Shrub. Seplas with awns, reddish. Fairly common.
Small-leaf Clematis
(
Clematis microphylla
)
Climber 4 white petals. Not common.
Bitter Cryptandra
(
Cryptandra amara
)
Low shrub. Rare
Hound's-tongue
(
Cynoglossum
species)
Small white flowers
Common Heath
(
Epacris impressa
)
Shrub. Tube flowers red pink or white. Southern areas.
Bushy Needlewood
(
Hakea decurrens
)
Prickly leaved shrub.
Woolly Teatree
(
Leptospermum lanigerum
)
Leaves and fruit silky-woolly. Southern streamsides.
Heath Teatree
(
Leptospermum myrsinoides
)
Leaves and fruit not woolly. Common.
Twin-flower Beard-heath
(
Leucopogon fletcheri
)
Flowers paired, nodding. Fryers Ridge.
Common Beard-heath
(
Leucopogon virgatus
)
Low shrub. Common.
Peach Heath
(
Lissanthe strigosa
)
Low spreading shrub. Leaves stiff, narrow, sharp. Uncommon.
Urn Heath
(
Melichrus urceolatus
Low spreading shrub. Leaves stiff, narrow, sharp. Moderately common.
Bendigo Wax
(
Philotheca verrucosa
)
Shrub. Flowers with waxy petals Common.
Rice-flowers
(
Pimelea
species
Terminal white flower clusters.
Candles
(
Stackhousia monogyna
)
White tube flowers.
Early Nancy
(
Wurmbea dioica
)
White flowers with purple ring.
Small Grass-tree
(
Xanthorrhoea minor
)
Small grass-tree. Trunk absent. Rare.
White Marianth
(
Rhytidosperma procumbens
)
Small spreading shrublet.
River Mint
(
Mentha australis
Narrow green leaves.
White-tip Nightshade
(
*Solanum chenopopodioides.
)
Like Black Nightshade. Petals narrow, leaves paler underneath.
Black Nightshade
(
*Solanum nigrum.
)
Like Black Nightshade. Petals white starry, leaves not paler underneath.
Willow Herbs
(
Epilobium
species)
Herb. Fruit long and narrow; with fluffy seeds.
Pampas Lily-of-the-valley
(
*Salpichroa origanifolia
)
White bell flowers. Climber.
Bridal Wreath
(
*Spiraea cantoniensis
)
Shrub. Toothed diamond-shaped leaves. Fryerstown.
Corn Spurrey
(
*Spergula arvensis
)
Herb. Flower stalks bent back. Uncommon.
Book Trigger-plant
(
Stylidium androsaceum
)
Small herb. Trigger-plant flwers.
Irish Strawberry
(
*Arbutus unedo
)
Flowers bell shaped. Fruit red balls.
Apple
(
*Malus pumila
)
Small tree.
Rock Rose
(
Cistus
species)
Shrub. Harcourt North.
Mallows
(
*Malva
species)
Pale white or pale blue flowers. Leaves almost round, Common weeds.
Austral Stork's-bill
(
Pelargonium australe
)
Herb with roundish stalked leaves. Localised.
Small Poranthera
(
Poranthera microphylla
)
Small herb. Spoon-shaped leaves. Scattered.
Victorian Christmas Bush
(
Prostanthera lasianthos
)
Large shrub. Very rare. Possibly locally extinct.
French Catchfly
(
*Silene gallica
)
Fruit inflated, papery, striped. Petals white.
Grass Trigger-plants
(
Stylidium
species)
Grass-like leaves. Flowers pale pink to pink. Common
Wild Gladiolus
(
*Gladiolus undulatus
)
Grass-like leaves. Flowers cream to white. Uncommom.