Central Australia Wildflowers | Mass Wildflower Displays |
Throughout Australia there are a number of non-indigenous flowering plants. Some being innocently or accidentally brought to Australia, whilst others were introduced for a purpose and have escaped into the wider environment, often dominating the landscape. A number of these plants are now classified as invasive species, with efforts being made to control their expansion and growth.
In the southern parts and western parts of Australia there is a plant that puts on a striking display of purple/blue flowers. A conspicuous weed of pastures, roadsides and disturbed lands, the name Salvation Jane is innocent enough, although the other name it is known under is Paterson’s Curse.
Central Australia is also home to a number of invasive plant species. There are a number of cacti and Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) that have become major issues, with buffel grass a problem across Australia.
Following are some non-indigenous flowering plants that can be found in Central Australia.
This page is continually updated with more plants to be listed…
Wildflowers of Central AustraliaFlowering Shrubs / Trees of Central Australia Non-Indigenous Flowering Plants in Central Australia
FloraFlora in Australia Flora Index Acacia Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Annual Yellowtop Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var filiforme Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum) Australian Bluebell Australian Gossypium Banksia Batswing Coral Tree Billy Buttons Birdsville Indigo Blue Pincushion Bush Banana Callistemon Callitris drummondii (Drummond’s Cypress Pine) Calothamnus quadrifidus Cape Honeysuckle Cassia fistula (Golden Shower) Cattle Bush Common Heath Crotalaria Darwinia wittwerorum (Wittwer’s Mountain Bell) Daviesia oppositifolia (Rattle-pea) Desert Oaks Drumsticks Eremophila Eucalyptus Ficus Flannel Cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum) Georges Indigo Goatshead Burr (Sclerolaena bicornis) Golden Everlasting Goodenia Gossypium Grass and Grasses Grass Trees Grevillea Grey Germander Hakea Kapok Bush (Aerva javanica) Lambertia sp Leptospermum MacDonnell Ranges Cycad Maireana scleroptera Mexican Poppy Minnie Daisy Mistletoe Family Nardoo Native Apricot Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia Nuytsia floribunda Orange Spade Flower Orchidaceae Parakeelyas (Calandrinia) Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum) Perennial Yellow Top Pink Everlasting Pink Rock Wort Poached Egg Daisy Portulaca Proteaceae Ptilotus Quandong Resurrection Fern Rosy Dock Ruby Saltbush Santalum Solanum Spike Centaury Spinifex Storkbill (Erodum cygnorum) Striped Mint Bush Sturt’s Desert Pea Sturt’s Desert Rose Tall Saltbush Tangled Leschenaultia Tar Vine Tribulus eichlerianus Upside-down Plant Urodon dasyphylla Variable Daisy Waratah (Telopea) Wertabona Daisy White Cedar (Melia azedarach) White Indigo White Paper Daisy Wild Passionfruit Wild Stock Woolly-Headed Burr Daisy Woolly Bush Yellow-keeled Swainsona