Cooba
Acacia salicina (Cooba) Common Names Cooba, Native Willow, Willow, Broughton, Doolan, Willow Wattle, Bakka, Black Sally Wattle, Bremgu, Broughton Wattle, Broughton Willow, Coobah, Coobar, Cooby, Cuba, Goobang, Koobah, Motherumba, Murray […]
Category: Trees
Hickory Wattle
Acacia implexa (Hickory Wattle) Common Names Hickory Wattle, Lightwood, Broad-leaf Wattle, Bastard Myall, Black Wattle, Broad Leaf Wattle, Broad-leaved Wattle, Fish Wattle, Hickory, Weetjellan (d”harawal), Lignum Vitae, Sally Wattle, Screw […]
Currawang
Acacia doratoxylon (Currawang) Common Names Currawang, Spearwood, Lancewood, Myall Plant Details Family Mimosaceae. Genus Acacia. Name Origin From Greek doratos, spear, and xylon, wood, because the Kooris made spears from […]
Silver Wattle
Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle) Common Names Silver Wattle, Silver Wattle., Silves Wattle Plant Details Family Mimosaceae. Genus Acacia. Name Origin From Latin dealbatus, white-washed, referring to the young white shoots […]
River Bottlebrush
Callistemon sieberi, Callistemon paludosus (River Bottlebrush) Common Names River Bottlebrush, Alpine Bottlebrush, Marsh Callistemon Plant Details Family Myrtaceae. Genus Callistemon. Name Origin Sieberi, after F.W. Sieber (1789-1844), botanist from Prague, […]
Sweet Bursaria
Bursaria spinosa (Sweet Bursaria) Common Names Sweet Bursaria, Native Blackthorn, Castanet Bush, Christmas Bush, Australian Blackthorn, Australian Boxthorn, Black Thorn, Blackthorn, Geapga, Kurwan, Mock Orange, Native Box, Native Olive, Prickly […]
Varnish Wattle
Acacia verniciflua (Varnish Wattle) Common Names Varnish Wattle, Bacchus Marsh Varnish Wattle, Casterton Varnish Wattle, Dandenong Range Cinnamon Wattle, Large-leaf Cinnamon Wattle, Seymour Cinnamon Wattle, Southern Varnish Wattle, Stinkwood Bush, […]
Red-stemmed Wattle
Acacia rubida (Red-stemmed Wattle) Common Names Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle, Red-stem wattle, Red Leaf Wattle, Red-leaf Wattle, Redleaf Wattle Plant Details Family Mimosaceae. Genus Acacia. Name Origin Rubida, from Latin […]
Golden Wattle
Acacia pycnantha (Golden Wattle) Common Names Golden Wattle, Green Wattle, Australian Golden Wattle, Black Wattle, Broad-leaved Wattle, Golden Wattle., Goldern Wattle, Witch Plant Details Family Mimosaceae. Genus Acacia. Name Origin […]
Tumut Wattle
Acacia pravissima (Tumut Wattle) Common Names Tumut Wattle, Wedge-leaved Wattle, Ovens Wattle, Ovens Acacia, Wedge-leaf Wattle Plant Details Family Mimosaceae. Genus Acacia. Name Origin Pravissima, meaning most irregular or asymmetrical, […]