Backhousia citriodora
Lemon MyrtleGo to my Bush Tucker pages
Backhousia myrtifolia
Carrol. A bushy rainforest tree producing cream flowers with pesistent calyx in spring to summer.
Banksia aemula
Old Man Banksia. This tree has a heavy appearance. Thick creamy-grey flower spikes to 150 mm long are produced from summer to autumn. Very difficult to grow unless in sandy areas. It naturally occurs in wallum areas of Southern Queensland.
Banksia conferta ssp. conferta
An erect shrub to 4m. The flower spikes to 30 cm long in autumn appear conical as the buds open from the bottom up before forming cylindrical spikes. The flower colour also changes from pink to golden brown. The leaves have silvery undersides.
Banksia ericifolia
Heath Banksia. This Australian shrub produces large red-orange candle flower spikes sometimes over 300 mm long in autumn.
Banksia integrifolia
Coast Banksia. Often seen as a small tree in gardens, this plant can grow to
over 15m. Flowers in autumn with lemon flower spikes. Juvenile leaves are
serated. Leaf undersides are silvery. This local form has longer leaves than
the one usually obtained from nurseries.
Banksia oblongifolia
Rusty Banksia. Shrub to 3m, but more commonly 1m. Yellow flower spikes to 20 cm in autumn. The dark green leaves are serrated; new growth is rust coloured.
Banksia robur
Swamp Banksia. Shrub to 2m with large broad leaves in a whorl. The thick flower spikes to 20 cm long may go through a range of colours including an electric green or blue-green before eventually turning yellow. It grows naturally in damp sandy soil.
Banksia spinulosa
Golden Candlesticks. Shrub to 3m with the yellow to golden flower spikes
sometimes longer than 30cm, mainly in autumn. Leaves are narrow and toothed.
The fruiting cone retains the seeds, usually releasing them after a fire.
Barklya syringifolia
Crown of Gold. Rainforest tree to about 8m, with roundish to heart shaped
leaves. Bright yellow flowers occur in racemes to 20cm long in late spring to
summer.
Blechnum indicum
Bungwall Fern Go to my Bush Tucker pages
Boronia ledifolia
syn. Boronia rosmarinifolia. Forest boronia. Small understorey shrub with fine
leaves with prominent midveins and blunt tips. 4-petalled pink flowers in
winter and early spring.
Brachychiton acerifolium
Flame Tree. Rainforest tree to 10m in gardens. This spectacular Australian
tree is often conical in shape with dark green glossy leaves, deeply lobed when
young. The upper trunk is green. Bright red bell flowers occur when the tree
is wholly or partly deciduous, and are followed by thick black pods. Very
conspicuous in flower in gardens and in the rainforest.
Brachychiton bidwillii
Little Kurrajong. Shrub to 4m. The pink to deep red bell flowers in clusters
usually occur when plant is deciduous in spring, although some plants seem to
have flowers throughout the year.
Brachyscome multifida
Hawkesbury River Daisy. Small mauve flowers. A small, round, spreading
rockery plant.
Bracteantha bracteata
(formerly Helichrysum bracteatum) Golden Everlasting Daisy. Variable in size
and flower colour. Usually an annual or perennial. Usually less than 60cm
high with yellow daisy flowers 3 - 5 cm across.
Breynia sp. "Iron Range"
Large upright shrub with dark red elliptical leaves to about 5cm long.
Buckinghamia celsissima
Ivory Curl. A dense rainforest tree to about 10m used extensively as a street
tree in Brisbane. In summer the tree may be covered by the long creamy flower
spikes (20cm) similar to grevilleas, as are the fruits.
