Ellura Sanctuary, Swan Reach, SA, 5354
                      
 
Stat'NotesThumbnails: 39.   10 native species listed, with 4 from Ellura
Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Vines
Carrots
Apiales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Pittosporum
Pittosporaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Sweet Apple-berry
Billardiera cymosa ssp cymosa


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Thank you Pennywort_Man for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Large
🔍Habit
🔍Flower
Betalains
Caryophyllales
  (5 species
    2 from Ellura)
Ice Plant
Aizoaceae
  (3 species
    2 from Ellura)
Lens Pigface
Carpobrotus sp


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SynonymCarpobrotus rossii

Other Common NamePig Face

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.
Habit
🔍Patch
🔍Bud
🔍Flower
🔍Flower, above, size
🔍Flower, profile, the calyx
Betalains
Caryophyllales
  (5 species
    2 from Ellura)
Ice Plant
Aizoaceae
  (3 species
    2 from Ellura)
Galenia
Galenia secunda


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SynonymAizoon secundum

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.
🔍Patch
🔍Pink Flower
🔍White Flower
Betalains
Caryophyllales
  (5 species
    2 from Ellura)
Ice Plant
Aizoaceae
  (3 species
    2 from Ellura)
Desert Spinach
Tetragonia eremaea


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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.
🔍Habit
🔍2 Flowers per Leaf Axis
🔍Flower
🔍Size
🔍Leaf
🔍Back of Leaf
Betalains
Caryophyllales
  (5 species
    2 from Ellura)
Four o'clock
Nyctaginaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Tah-vine
Boerhavia dominii


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Other Common NameTar-vine

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Flowers
Betalains
Caryophyllales
  (5 species
    2 from Ellura)
Knotweed
Polygonaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Coastal Climbing Lignum
Muehlenbeckia gunnii


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Other Common NamesCoastal Lignum or Native Sarsparilla

Thank you Alan Dandie for confirming the id of this species for us
 
🔍Leaves
🔍Bud & Flower
Vines
Cucurbitales
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Gourd
Cucurbitaceae
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Paddymelon
Citrullus colocynthis
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Other Common NamePaddy Melon

These can grow much larger than shown here. But this is a good comparision between the smooth and prickly paddymelons, as well as a mallee leaf
Fruit
Fruit, compared with large glove
Vines
Cucurbitales
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Gourd
Cucurbitaceae
  (2 species
    0 from Ellura)
Prickly Paddymelon
Cucumis myriocarpus ssp myriocarpus
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Other Common NamesGooseberry Cucumber or Paddy Melon
 
Fruit
Legumes
Fabales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Legume
Fabaceae or Leguminosae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Native Lilac
Hardenbergia violacea
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Other Common NameHappy Wanderer
 
Leaves & Vines
Buds & Flowers
Laurales
Laurales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Laurels
Lauraceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Course Dodder-laurel
Cassytha melantha


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Thank you Peter Crowcroft for confirming the id of this species for us
 
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Spurges & Allies
Malpighiales
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Spurge
Euphorbiaceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Caustic Spurge
Euphorbia drummondii


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SynonymChamaesyce drummondii

Other Common NamesCaustic Creeper, Caustic Weed, Creeping Caustic, Flat Spurge, Mat-spurge or Milkweed

Thank you Dr Kym Nicolson for confirming the id of this species for us
 
Whole
Leaves & Stems
Flowers & Young Fruit
Over-ripe Fruit
Myrtles
Myrtales
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Myrtle
Myrtaceae
  (1 species
    0 from Ellura)
Muntries
Kunzea pomifera


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Thank you 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.
🔍Whole
🔍In Bud & Flower
🔍Flower, profile
🔍Flower, above
Buttercups
Ranunculales
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Buttercup
Ranunculaceae
  (1 species
    1 from Ellura)
Old Man's Beard
Clematis microphylla


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Thank you 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.
Whole
Structure
🔍Flower
🔍Seeding

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