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A working botanical reference shaped by Sydney sites and council guidance. Search species, distinguish Australian natives from locally indigenous plants, and compare practical growing characteristics.
Adiantum hispidulum
Rough Maidenhair Fern
Pteridaceae
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Alocasia
Araceae
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Alocasia
Araceae
Alpinia caerulea
Native Ginger
Zingiberaceae
Alyxia ruscifolia
Prickly Alyxia
Apocynaceae
Aspidistra elatior
Aspidistra
Asparagaceae
Asplenium australasicum
Asplenium
Aspleniaceae
Bauera rubioides
Wiry River Rose
Cunoniaceae
Blechnum cartilagineum
Blechnum
Blechnaceae
Blechnum gibbum
Blechnum
Blechnaceae
Callicoma serratifolia
Black Wattle
Cunoniaceae
City of Sydney · Inner West · Northern Beaches · City of Ryde
Cissus antarctica
Water Vine
Vitaceae
Clivia miniata
Clivia
Amaryllidaceae
Davidsonia jerseyana
Davidson's Plum
Cunoniaceae
Dichondra argenta
Dichondra
Convolvulaceae
Dichondra repens
Kidney-Weed
Convolvulaceae
Inner West
Hybanthus monopetalus
Slender Violet-Bush
Violaceae
Hydrangea macrophylla
Hydrangea
Hydrangeaceae
Lepidozamia peroffskyana
Shining Burrawang
Zamiaceae
Liriope muscari
Liriope
Asparagaceae
Liriope spicata
Liriope
Asparagaceae
Microlaena stipoides
Weeping Grass
Poaceae
Inner West
Ophiopogon japonicas
Ophiopogon
Asparagaceae
Ophiopogon japonicus
Ophiopogon
Asparagaceae
Pittosporum revolutum
Yellow Pittosporum
Pittosporaceae
Inner West · City of Ryde
Spathiphyllum species
Spathiphyllum
Araceae
Tasmannia lanceolata
Mountain Pepperbush
Winteraceae
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