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| This page contains Vines & Creepers. |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Carrots (Apiales); 1 species, none from Ellura - Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae); 1 species, none from Ellura | Sweet Apple-berry Billardiera cymosa ssp cymosa iNaturalist | LC m c | Thank you (Pennywort_Man
) for confirming the id of this species for us A slender climber. We put all climbers and creepers under "Vines" Imaged 4(1Fr) in Jan(1Fr) & Oct(3) Imaged between 18-Oct-2022 and 01-Jan-2025 |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Betalains (Caryophyllales); 7 species, 2 from Ellura - Ice Plant (Aizoaceae); 5 species, 2 from Ellura | Coastal Galenia Aizoon pubescens iNaturalist | If f c | Thank you Alan Dandie
(Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us Has white or pink flowers. Imaged 3Fl in Jan(1Fl), Oct(1Fl) & Nov(1Fl) Imaged between 31-Oct-2021 and 01-Jan-2025 | |||
| Galenia Aizoon secundum iNaturalist | If m |
Thank you Ernst Weiher for confirming the id of this species for us Has white or pink flowers. It's much hairier than it's relation, Aizoon pubescens, which is also introduced in Australia and seems more common. Imaged 4(3B,4Fl) in Apr(3:3B,3Fl) & Sep(1Fl) Imaged between 17-Sep-2021 and 25-Apr-2025 | ||||
| Lens Pigface Carpobrotus sp iNaturalist | RA e m |
Thank you Ralph Foster for identifying this species for us Large triangular, green to purple, succulent, vertical leaves. Brilliant purple flower with white centre. Sprawling habit that can completely cover square metres of ground. We thought this was C. modestus, but recently found an SA factsheet that indicates that the size of flower for C. modestus <= 20mm (ours are >35mm) and that C. modestus has 20-80 stamen (ours have 100-600) are diagnostic. This factsheet points to Carpobrotus rossii; so we renamed our species as this. Ralph then highlighted to us that the inland specimens of C. rossii are probably going to all be renamed; currently an undescribed species labelled Carpobrotus sp. Short calyx. Research is still ongoing to described them and provide morphological differences to separate out the two species. Imaged 20(4Fl) in Feb(1), Mar(1), May(1), Jun(1), Jul(3), Aug(5:1Fl), Sep(6:2Fl) & Oct(2:1Fl) Imaged between 19-Jun-2012 and 22-Jul-2023 | ||||
| Crystalline Iceplant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum iNaturalist | If m |
Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us The largest we've seen is ~200mm wide, but they get much larger. Most saltbushes we see have salt crystals appearing on their leaves. These are more like little bubbles with a point on one side. These are tiny water bladders, or "bladder cells". The more stressed they are the redder they get. Imaged 2 in Apr(1) & Sep(1) Imaged between 26-Sep-2020 and 25-Apr-2025 | ||||
| Desert Spinach Tetragonia eremaea iNaturalist | LC e m f | Thank you Dr Manfred Jusaitis for confirming the id of this species for us The flowers are tiny at only ~4mm tip to tip. As they are the same colour as the stem & leaf they are very hard to see. There are 2 flowers per leaf axis. Imaged 2(1Fl) in Sep Imaged between 11-Sep-2020 and 04-Sep-2023 | ||||
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Betalains (Caryophyllales); 7 species, 2 from Ellura - Four o'clock (Nyctaginaceae); 1 species, none from Ellura | Tah-vine Boerhavia dominii iNaturalist | LC m f |
Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us Imaged 1Fl on 03-Nov-2021 |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Betalains (Caryophyllales); 7 species, 2 from Ellura - Knotweed (Polygonaceae); 1 species, none from Ellura | Coastal Climbing Lignum Muehlenbeckia gunnii iNaturalist | RA m c |
Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us Imaged 3Fl in Oct Imaged between 16-Oct-2022 and 18-Oct-2022 |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Vines (Cucurbitales); 2 species, none from Ellura - Gourd (Cucurbitaceae); 2 species, none from Ellura | Paddymelon Citrullus colocynthis iNaturalist | If m |
Thank you Thomas Friedrich (thomasfriedrich) for confirming the id of this species for us Fruits we've measure were between ~90mm up to ~180mm wide, with yellow flowers being ~25mm wide. But this is a good comparision between the large and prickly paddymelons, as well as a mallee leaf. The fuit is covered in transparent 'hairs', which don't seem to change much in size as the fruit grows. Being very 'fury' when young & small to barely visible when ripe & large. The fruits are generally spherical, but can become eliptoid with age. Imaged 7(2B,2Fl,7Fr) in Apr(6:2B,2Fl,6Fr) & Jun(1Fr) Imaged between 30-Jun-2011 and 18-Apr-2025 | ||
| Prickly Paddymelon Cucumis myriocarpus ssp myriocarpus iNaturalist | If m |
Flowers are ~5mm wide with the fruits measuring ~30mm wide. Young fruits are very green & with broad stripes of different shades of green. As the rippen they go yellow. We tend to find these & the larger paddymelon together in the same patches. While called Prickly, the tubercles eminating from the fruit are quite rubbery; not at all sharp. The fruit has the texture of firm tomatoe. Imaged 5(2B,2Fl,5Fr) in Apr(5:2B,2Fl,4Fr) & Jun(1Fr) Imaged between 30-Jun-2011 and 25-Apr-2025 | |||
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Legumes (Fabales); 1 species, none from Ellura - Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae); 1 species, none from Ellura | |||
| Most species in this family have an orchid like flower, a pea flower, with two petals protruding out the front (often referred to as a beak; aka bird beak) then 2 vertical petals making a bit of a face. The vertical petals are often fused together, but usually have a notch at the top, in the middle, where they would separate into 2 petals. One notable exception to these flowers are the Wattles (Acacia sp) which all have identical flowers; eucalypt like petalless afairs with the stamens making a round ball. The species in this genus are separated based on leaf shape, seed aril and how the flowers are arranged (on peduncles, or not, single or grouped, etc). The other exception are the Senna's. These have 5 yellow petals arrange in a cup shape. | Native Lilac Hardenbergia violacea | RA m a |
Imaged 4 in Aug(3) & Oct(1) Imaged between 03-Aug-2003 and 27-Aug-2017 |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Laurales (Laurales); 2 species, none from Ellura - Laurels (Lauraceae); 2 species, none from Ellura | Slender Devil's Twine Cassytha glabella iNaturalist | NT m c | Thank you (GrampiansHiker) for confirming the id of this species for us Imaged 1(1B,1Fl) on 01-Jan-2025 | |
| Course Dodder-laurel Cassytha melantha iNaturalist | LC m | Thank you Peter Crowcroft for confirming the id of this species for us Imaged 1 on 13-Mar-2020 | ||
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Spurges, Violets & Allies (Malpighiales); 1 species from Ellura - Spurge (Euphorbiaceae); 1 species from Ellura | Caustic Spurge Anisophyllum sp iNaturalist | LC e m |
Thank you Dr Kym Nicolson for confirming the id of this species for us We used to have this down as Euphorbia drummondii, then some years ago they split them into over 10 different species. Dr Nathan Taylor said on iNaturalist "The plants can't be keyed without looking at seeds." Since we've never collected the seed, we don't know which of this Anisophyllum section (a subset of the Euphorbia genus) they are. Imaged 31(1Fl,1Fr) in Jan(3), Feb(4), Mar(9), Apr(3), May(4), Jun(1), Jul(1), Aug(4), Sep(1) & Oct(1:1Fl,1Fr) Imaged between 18-Jan-2004 and 19-Oct-2020 |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Myrtles (Myrtales); 1 species, none from Ellura - Myrtle (Myrtaceae); 1 species, none from Ellura | Muntries Kunzea pomifera iNaturalist | RA m c | Thank you Alan Dandie
(Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us While classed as a "prostrate shrub", we think anyone coming to our web site to find out what this plant is would look under our "Vines" (creepers & climbers) page; hence it's current location. Let us know what you think. A typical white eucalypt / melaleuca type flower that Myrtales have, with red highlights; yet scattered around the ground. They are well known for their fruits/berries. Imaged 5(2Fl,1Fr) in Jan(1Fr), Jul(2) & Oct(2Fl) Imaged between 18-Oct-2022 and 01-Jan-2025 |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Buttercups (Ranunculales); 1 species from Ellura - Buttercup (Ranunculaceae); 1 species from Ellura | Old Man's Beard Clematis microphylla iNaturalist | LC e m f c | Thank you Alan Dandie
(Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us Creamy large flowers with 4 long oval petals. Green leaves. New stems are green going dark reddish brown with age. Imaged 13(3Fl,2Fr) in Jan(1Fr), May(1), Aug(4:1Fl), Sep(2Fl), Oct(2) & Nov(3:1Fr) Imaged between 30-Aug-2012 and 01-Jan-2025 |
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Potatoes (Solanales); 2 species from Ellura - Bindweed (Convolvulaceae); 2 species from Ellura | Australian Bindweed Convolvulus angustissimus ssp angustissimus iNaturalist | RA e m |
Thank you Asimakis Patitsas for confirming the id of this species for us Pretty little pink flower (about the size of a finger-nail) with green leaves and runners that can climb. The flower has a unique way of opening by "unfolding"; as it is a single petal. The fold lines are plainly visible. It gives it the appearance of an origami (paper) flower. Imaged 9(2Fl) in Mar(1), Jun(1), Aug(1Fl), Sep(4:1Fl) & Oct(2) Imaged between 09-Oct-2010 and 28-Oct-2020 | |
| Grassy Bindweed Convolvulus remotus iNaturalist | LC e m c | Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us Imaged 7(6Fl,2Fr) in Jan(1:1Fl,1Fr), Oct(3Fl), Nov(1Fl) & Dec(2:1Fl,1Fr) Imaged between 19-Dec-2009 and 01-Jan-2025 | ||
| Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Twinleaves (Zygophyllales); 1 species, none from Ellura - Caltrop (Zygophyllaceae); 1 species, none from Ellura | Caltrop Tribulus terrestris iNaturalist | If m |
Thank you Johnny B Woodside (JohnnyBWoodside) for confirming the id of this species for us Yellow Flowers ~8mm wide. As you can see, the fruit thorns are very sharp and attached to our shoes. We scrapped them off before leaving the site not wanting to spread the seed any further. The fruits grow as a collection of 5 sections of a sphere. Each section has 4 main thorns. The sections separate readily when drying. The larger green fruit shrivels considerably when dry. Imaged 5(3B,3Fl,4Fr) in Apr Imaged between 18-Apr-2025 and 25-Apr-2025 |
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