Genus
Group
Fern allies
Fern
Cycad
Conifer
Dicot
Monocot
Family
ACANTHACEAE
ACERACEAE
ADIANTACEAE
AGAVACEAE
AIZOACEAE
AKANIACEAE
ALANGIACEAE
ALISMATACEAE
ALLIACEAE
ALSTROEMERIACEAE
AMARANTHACEAE
AMARYLLIDACEAE
AMYGDALACEAE
ANACARDIACEAE
ANNONACEAE
ANTHERICACEAE
APIACEAE
APOCYNACEAE
APONOGETONACEAE
AQUIFOLIACEAE
ARACEAE
ARALIACEAE
ARAUCARIACEAE
ARECACEAE
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
ASCLEPIADACEAE
ASPARAGACEAE
ASPHODELACEAE
ASPLENIACEAE
ASTELIACEAE
ASTERACEAE
ATHYRIACEAE
AVICENNIACEAE
AZOLLACEAE
BALSAMINACEAE
BASELLACEAE
BAUERACEAE
BERBERIDACEAE
BIGNONIACEAE
BLANDFORDIACEAE
BLECHNACEAE
BORAGINACEAE
BRASSICACEAE
BUDDLEJACEAE
BURMANNIACEAE
BURSERACEAE
CABOMBACEAE
CACTACEAE
CALLITRICHACEAE
CAMPANULACEAE
CANNABACEAE
CANNACEAE
CAPPARACEAE
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
CASUARINACEAE
CELASTRACEAE
CENTROLEPIDACEAE
CERATOPHYLLACEAE
CHENOPODIACEAE
CHLOANTHACEAE
CLUSIACEAE
COBAEACEAE
COLCHICACEAE
COMMELINACEAE
CONVOLVULACEAE
COROKIACEAE
CORYNOCARPACEAE
CRASSULACEAE
CUCURBITACEAE
CUNONIACEAE
CUPRESSACEAE
CYATHEACEAE
CYMODOCEACEAE
CYPERACEAE
DAVALLIACEAE
DAVIDSONIACEAE
DENNSTAEDTIACEAE
DICKSONIACEAE
DILLENIACEAE
DIOSCOREACEAE
DIPSACACEAE
DORYANTHACEAE
DRACAENACEAE
DROSERACEAE
DRYOPTERIDACEAE
EBENACEAE
ELAEOCARPACEAE
ELATINACEAE
EPACRIDACEAE
EQUISETACEAE
ERICACEAE
ERIOCAULACEAE
ERYTHROXYLACEAE
ESCALLONIACEAE
EUCRYPHIACEAE
EUPHORBIACEAE
EUPOMATIACEAE
FABACEAE
FLACOURTIACEAE
FLAGELLARIACEAE
FRANKENIACEAE
FUMARIACEAE
GENTIANACEAE
GERANIACEAE
GESNERIACEAE
GLEICHENIACEAE
GOODENIACEAE
GRAMMITACEAE
GROSSULARIACEAE
GYROSTEMONACEAE
HAEMODORACEAE
HALORAGACEAE
HYACINTHACEAE
HYDATELLACEAE
HYDROCHARITACEAE
HYDROPHYLLACEAE
HYMENOPHYLLACEAE
HYPOXIDACEAE
ICACINACEAE
IRIDACEAE
ISOETACEAE
JUNCACEAE
JUNCAGINACEAE
LAMIACEAE
LAURACEAE
LEMNACEAE
LENTIBULARIACEAE
LILAEACEAE
LILIACEAE
LINACEAE
LINDSAEACEAE
LOBELIACEAE
LOGANIACEAE
LOMANDRACEAE
LORANTHACEAE
LUZURIAGACEAE
LYCOPODIACEAE
LYTHRACEAE
MALACEAE
MALVACEAE
MARATTIACEAE
MARSILEACEAE
MARTYNIACEAE
MELASTOMATACEAE
MELIACEAE
MELIANTHACEAE
MENISPERMACEAE
MENYANTHACEAE
MONIMIACEAE
MORACEAE
MYOPORACEAE
MYRSINACEAE
MYRTACEAE
NAJADACEAE
NITRARIACEAE
NOTHOFAGACEAE
NYCTAGINACEAE
NYMPHAEACEAE
OCHNACEAE
OLACACEAE
OLEACEAE
ONAGRACEAE
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
ORCHIDACEAE
OSMUNDACEAE
OXALIDACEAE
PANDANACEAE
PAPAVERACEAE
PARKERIACEAE
PASSIFLORACEAE
PEDALIACEAE
PEGANACEAE
PEPEROMIACEAE
PETERMANNIACEAE
PHILYDRACEAE
PHORMIACEAE
PHYTOLACCACEAE
PINACEAE
PIPERACEAE
PITTOSPORACEAE
PLANTAGINACEAE
PLATYZOMATACEAE
PLUMBAGINACEAE
POACEAE
PODOCARPACEAE
POLEMONIACEAE
POLYGALACEAE
POLYGONACEAE
POLYPODIACEAE
PONTEDERIACEAE
PORTULACACEAE
POSIDONIACEAE
POTAMOGETONACEAE
PRIMULACEAE
PROTEACEAE
PSILOTACEAE
PTERIDACEAE
RANUNCULACEAE
RESEDACEAE
RESTIONACEAE
RHAMNACEAE
RHIZOPHORACEAE
RIPOGONACEAE
ROSACEAE
RUBIACEAE
RUTACEAE
SALICACEAE
SALVINIACEAE
SAMBUCACEAE
SANTALACEAE
SAPINDACEAE
SAPOTACEAE
SCHIZAEACEAE
SCROPHULARIACEAE
SELAGINACEAE
SELAGINELLACEAE
SIMAROUBACEAE
SINOPTERIDACEAE
SMILACACEAE
SOLANACEAE
SPARGANIACEAE
STACKHOUSIACEAE
STERCULIACEAE
STYLIDIACEAE
SURIANACEAE
SYMPLOCACEAE
TAENITIDACEAE
TAMARICACEAE
THELYPTERIDACEAE
THISMIACEAE
THYMELAEACEAE
TILIACEAE
TREMANDRACEAE
TRIMENIACEAE
TROPAEOLACEAE
TYPHACEAE
ULMACEAE
URTICACEAE
UVULARIACEAE
VALERIANACEAE
VERBENACEAE
VIBURNACEAE
VIOLACEAE
VISCACEAE
VITACEAE
VITTARIACEAE
WINTERACEAE
XANTHORRHOEACEAE
XYRIDACEAE
ZAMIACEAE
ZANNICHELLIACEAE
ZINGIBERACEAE
ZOSTERACEAE
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
Subdivision
All N.S.W.
North Coast
Central Coast
South Coast
Northern Tablelands
Central Tablelands
Southern Tablelands
North Western Slopes
Central Western Slopes
South Western Slopes
North Western Plains
South Western Plains
North Far Western Plains
South Far Western Plains
Lord Howe Is.
Flowering time
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
all year
after rain
after flooding
after fire
Flower colour
red or brown
green
blue or purple
yellow orange
pink
white or cream
Habitat
rainforest
wet sclerophyll forest
dry sclerophyll forest
sclerophyll forest
forest
shrubland
grassland
swamp
heath
mangrove
woodland
open woodland
mallee
riparian
grassy forest
grassy woodland
dry sclerophyll woodland
Height
prostrate
to 10 cm
10-30 cm
30-60 cm
60-100 cm
100-200 cm
200-500 cm
5-10 m
over 10
m
Habit
climber
tree
shrub
herb
Special life form
aquatic
epiphytic
climbing
parasitic
carnivorous
Special Growth form
prostrate
graminoid
fern
geophyte
creeper rooting along stems
rosette
Leaves:
Structure
simple
compound
Arrangement
alternate
opposite
whorled
basal
Margins
entire
dentate
lobed
Length
to 2 mm
2-5 mm
5-10 mm
10-20 mm
20-50 mm
5-10 cm
10-20 cm
20-50 cm
50-100 cm
over 100 cm
Width
to 2 mm
2-5 mm
5-10 mm
10-20 mm
20-50 mm
5-10 cm
over 10 cm