Tapeinocheilos ananassae (syn Tapeinocheilos queenslandiae)
Backscratcher Ginger. Stems to 3m high. Flowering cones on a short stem appear from the ground, and eventually open to reveal crimson bracts containiing yellow flowers in summer. A rainforest understorey plant.
Tecomanthe hilli
Fraser Island Climber. Vine with pinnate leaves usually with 3 - 7 leaflets. Beautiful lipstick pink tubular flowers 6cm long in clusters, in October. (Photo does not do it justice)
Tetragonia tetragonoides
Warrigal Greens, New Zealand Spinach. See my Australian
Bush Tucker pages.
Thysanotus tuberosus
Fringed Lilly. Not noticed among the grasses etc. until the delicate 3cm mauve flowers appear in summer.
Toechima dasyrrache
Blunt-leaved Steelwood. Rainforest tree. Pinnate leaves with 2 - 4 leaflet pairs. Insignificant flowers followed by bright orange-red fruits 2cm across, 3 valved, with black seeds.
Wodyetia bifurcata
Foxtail palm. This beautiful Australian palm is becoming fairly common in Brisbane since controversy over illegal seed collecting from its restricted North Queensland habitat. It produces bunches of large orange fruit in winter.
Xanthorrhea species
Grass Tree. This Queensland plant can grow to over 3m tall. It survives bushfires. It consists of a thick black trunk with a grassy top. The green flowering stalk is topped by a flowering spike of hundreds of cream flowers. The stalk and flowering spike may be over 3m high. Birds enjoy the flowers, as well as the black seeds. Photographed on Stradbroke Island
Xanthostemon chrysanthus
Golden Penda. A Queensland rainforest tree, but usually seen as a large shrub/ small tree in cultivation. It has dark shiny green leaves to 18 cm and showy heads of yellow flowers about 10 cm across in autumn. The cultivar "Wallum Gold" is recommended.
