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Gazania linearis, Gazania, Treasure Flower, Treasure-Flower, Treasureflower, Tufted Gazania. This is a Declared weed in South Australia
Gazania rigens, Coastal Gazania, Gazania, Treasure Flower, Treasure-Flower, Treasureflower. This is a Declared weed in South Australia
Genista monspessulana,
French Broom, Montpellier Broom, Cape Broom, Canary Broom
Genista raetam, White Weeping Broom
Heliophila pusilla, a small flowered Brassica type weed, flowers with four petals
Hesperantha falcata (white or yellow six petalled
flowers with long stamens, maroon buds becoming maroon or pink markings on backs of petals)
Ipheion uniflorum (formely Tristagma uniflorum), Spring Starflower, small white six petalled flower with line effect down the centre of the petals
Ipomoea indica, Morning Glory, Mile-a-minute. Large deep blue flowers and tri-lobed leaves. Similar
is Ipomoea cairica, which has pinkish mauve flowers, Coast Morning Glory, Mile-a-minute. Leaves have five or seven narrow lobes.
Gladiolus angustus, Long Tubed Painted Lady
Gladiolus cardinalis, a stunning vivid red Gladiolus with white marks.
Gladiolius tristis (cream/green
Gladiolus)
Gladiolus undulatus, wavy gladiolus, gladiolus, large painted lady, large white Afrikaner, wild gladiolus, Wavy flowered Corn-flag.
* Gomphocarpus fruticosus, Narrow leaf cotton bush
Hibiscus sabdariffa, Rosella or Wild Hibiscus (North West)
Ixias, including Ixia maculata, yellow ixia, African corn lily, African cornlily, spotted African cornlily and Ixia polystachya, African
corn lily, African cornlily, corn lily, variable ixia, white-and-yellow-flower cornlily, the less common white-flowered form of this
species, and Ixia paniculata, cream coloured flowers that open wide with blunt not pointed petal tips.
Grammatotheca bergiana, A tiny wetlands preferring plant similar to Lobelia anceps flowers and foliage. May also have winged stem like occurs on Lobelia anceps. Photos above, taken with a digital microscope, may be Grammatotheca bergiana, as they were very like Lobelia anceps but much smaller, and found where a native plant would not be expected although the pointed petal shape indicates the native Lobelia anceps.
Gaura lindheimeri, Butterfly Bush (four petalled flowers with very long stamens, flowers up the stem in white or pink). May also be
know as White Dove or Sparkle White.
Geranium molle, Cranesbill, Cranesbill Geranium, Dove's Foot, Dove's Foot Cranes Bill, Dove's Foot Crane-bill, Dove's Foot Cranesbill, Dovefoot Crane's Bill, Dovefoot Geranium, Dove's-foot, Dovesfoot, Dove's-foot Crane's-Bill, Dove's-foot Cranesbill, Dovesfoot Cranesbill, Dove's-foot Geranium, Soft Crane's-bill, Soft Cranesbill, Soft Geranium, Woodland Geranium. Similar to Erodium (Corkscrew).
Hypochaeris radicata Flat-weed, Dandelion, Cat's ear weed
This is a larger plant and flower than Hypochaeris glabra
Above two Hypochaeris species
can hybridise.
Hordeum leporinum, and Hordeum glaucum, Barley grass
Similar to above but with wider spread awns, Hordeum marinum, Mediterranean barley,
barley sea grass.
The central seeds are elongated, striated and bottle shaped whereas the outer ones are shorter and broader with rows of bumps and more fluffiness in the sails.
