The Alice Springs Desert Park provides a great location to experience the many plants that are native to the region. If you are lucky like me, I also got to experience the different plant species through the year… when they are producing new growth, flowers and the insects that also enjoyed them. Following are a selection of some of the flora that I have seen over the years… enjoy my floral memories…
Witchetty Bush (Acacia kempeana), Alice Springs Desert Park NTDesert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NTMaiden’s Mistletoe (Amyema maidenii) – also known as the Snotty Gobbles, Alice Springs Desert Park NTRed-bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla), Alice Springs Desert Park NTBlue Mallee (Eucalyptus gamophylla), Alice Springs Desert Park, NTRattlepod Grevillea (Grevillea stenobotrya), Alice Springs Desert Park NTHoney Grevillea (Grevillea eriostachya), Alice Springs Desert Park NTBeefwood (Grevillea striata), Alice Springs Desert Park NTDead Finish (Acacia tetragonophylla), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
I had often admire the Desert Oak from afar… and even more with a close-up inspection of the branchlets (known as cladodes).
Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Alice Springs Desert ParkDesert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Alice Springs Desert Park NTNative Apricot (Pittosporum angustifolium), Alice Springs Desert Park NTQuandong (Santalum acuminatum), Alice Springs Desert ParkLamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NTCotton Bush (Ptilotus obovatus), Alice Springs Desert Park NTWalukara (Hakea rhombales), Alice Springs Desert Park NTBush Banana Flower (Marsdenia australis), Alice Springs Desert Park NTBush Passionfruit (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia), Alice Springs Desert Park NTGeorges Indigo (Indigofera georgei), Alice Springs Desert Park NTParrot Pea (Crotalaria cunninghamii), Alice Springs Desert Park NTField Lily (Crinum angustifolium), Alice Springs Desert Park NTSandover Lily (Crinum flaccidum), Alice Springs Desert Park NTNative Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NTDesert Raisin (Solanum centrale), Alice Springs Desert Park NTNative Tomato (Solanum ellipticum), Alice Springs Desert Park NTGolden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), Alice Springs Desert Park, NTAustralian Desert Rose (Gossypium australe), Alice Springs Desert Park NTSturt’s Desert Rose white variety (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Alice Springs Desert Park NTAustralian Desert Rose (Gossypium australe) with Tolkunia hibisci (Micro Bee Fly, family Mythicomyiidae), Alice Springs Desert Park NTSeed of the Bean Tree (Erythrina vespertilio), Alice Springs Desert Park NTNative Bluebells (Wahlenbergia queenslandica), Alice Springs Desert Park NTBrilliant Hopbush (Dodonaea microzyga) with Ground Shield Bug, Alice Springs Desert Park NTKangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra), Alice Springs Desert Park NTWeeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides), Alice Springs Desert Park, NTResurrection Fern (Cheilanthes lasiophylla), Alice Springs Desert Park NTWildflowers display at the Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Well that is it… I have to stop now, as I could keep on going. There are many other plants I like, so check back as I am sure to add some more favourites to this list…
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