List of Australian plants termed native

This is a list of Australian plants which have had a common name prefixed with the adjective "native". Early European settlers in Australia were confronted with a large variety of unaccustomed animals and plants, and in many cases gave them familiar names qualified with the adjective "native", based on some fancied resemblance, so what is now a koala was called a "native bear" and the dingo a "native dog".[1] Many of these terms are of historic interest only.

Name | Old binomial name[lower-alpha 1] | Modern synonym | Notes

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Native apple |  |  |
→ Apple berry | Billardiera scandens |  | bush food
→ Black apple | Achras australis | Pouteria australis or
Planchonella australis | brush apple, wild plum
→ Emu apple | Owenia acidula |  | mooley apple
→ Logan apple | Acronychia acidia | Acronychia imperforata | Fraser Island apple
→ Mulga apple | Acacia aneura |  | the "apple" is an edible insect gall
→ Oak apple | Casuarina stricta | Allocasuarina verticillata | young cones may be chewed
→ Rose apple | Owenia cerasifera | Owenia acidula var. | sweet plum
Native arbutus | Gaultheria hispida |  | snowberry, chucky chucky; edible
Native banana | Musa banksii
Musa hillii
Musa fitzalani | Musa banksii varieties ? |
Native banyan | Ficus rubiginosa |  | rusty fig, Port Jackson fig
Native beech | Callicoma serratifolia |  | black wattle, wild quince
Native blackberry | Rubus moluccanus
Rubus parvifolius
Rubus rosifolius |  | Molucca bramble
Japanese bramble
Mauritius raspberry
Native borage | Pollichia zeylanica | Trichodesma zeylanicum | Northern bluebell, camel bush, horse bush
Native box | Bursaria spinosa |  | boxthorn, native olive
Native bread | Polyporus mylitta | Laccocephalum mylittae | edible, though not tasty, fungus
Native broom | Viminaria denudata |  |
Native burnet | Acaena ovina | Acaena agnipola
x Acaena echinata[2] | Australian Sheep's Burr
Native cabbage | Nasturtium palustre | Rorippa palustris | not endemic to Australia
Native carrot | Daucus brachiatus | Daucus glochidiatus | not endemic to Australia
Native cascarilla | Croton verreauxii |  | green native cascarilla
Native celery | Apium australe
Apium prostratum |  | not endemic to Australia
Tasmanian species
Native centaury | Erythraea australis | Schenkia australis |
Native cherry | Exocarpus cupressiformis |  |
Native cranberry | Pernettya tasmanica | Gaultheria tasmanica | native to Tasmania
Native cranberry | Styphelia sapida | Lissanthe sapida |
Native cranberry | Styphelia humifusa | Astroloma humifusum |
Native cumquat | Atalantia glauca | Eremocitrus glauca | desert lemon, desert lime
Native currant | Coprosma billardieri | Coprosma quadrifida |
Native currant | Leucopogon richei |  |
Native currant | Myoporum serratum | Myoporum insulare | blueberry tree, native juniper
Native daisy | Brachycome decipiens | Brachyscome decipiens |
Native damson | Nageia spinulosa | Podocarpus spinulosus | native plum
Native dandelion | Podolepis acuminata | Podolepis robusta | mountain lettuce
Native daphne | Myoporum viscorum | Myoporum viscosum | dogwood, waterbush
Native date | Capparis canescens |  |
Native deal | Nageia elata | Podocarpus elatus |
Native elder
Native elderberry | Sambucus xanthocarpa
Sambucus gaudichaudiana | Sambucus australasica
Sambucus gaudichaudiana | white elderberry; edible
Native flax | Linum marginale |  |
Native fuchsia | Correa speciosa | Correa reflexa var. speciosa | eastern correa
Native fuchsia | Eremophila maculata |  | spotted fuchsia-bush
Native furze | Hakea ulicina |  | furze hakea
Native ginger | Alpinia caerulea |  | Australian ginger; edible
Native grape | Vitis hypoglauca | Cissus hypoglauca | Gippsland grape; edible
Native hickory | Acacia leprosa |  | cinnamon wattle
Native holly | Coprosma hirtella |  | Tasmania
Native holly | Lomatia ilicifolia |  |
Native hops | Dodonaea spp. | various |
Native hops | Daviesia latifolia |  | hop bitter-pea
Native hyacinth | Thelymitra longifolia |  |
Native indigo | Swainsonia spp. |  |
Native indigo | Indigofera australis |  | Tasmania
Native ivy | Muehlenbeckia adpressa |  | Macquarie Harbour vine
Native jasmine | Ricinocarpos pinifolius |  | wedding bush
Native juniper | Myoporum serratum | Myoporum insulare | blueberry tree, native currant
Native kumquat | Atalantia glauca | Eremocitrus glauca | desert lemon, desert lemon
Native laburnum | Goodenia lotifolia | Goodenia |
Native laburnum | Cassia marksiana |  |
Native laurel | Pittosporum undulatum |  | mock orange
Native laurel | Panax elegans |  | light sycamore
Native lavender | Styphelia australis | Leucopogon australis | spiked beard-heath
Native leek | Bulbine bulbosa |  | native onion; poisonous
Native lilac | Melia composita |  | not endemic
Native lilac | Prostanthera rotundifolia |  | round-leaf mint bush
Native lime | Citrus australasica
Citrus australis |  | finger lime
native orange
Native lucerne | Sida rhombifolia |  | Queensland hemp; not endemic
Native mangrove | Rhizophorea mucronata | Rhizophora mucronata |
Native mangrove | Avicennia officinalis |  |
Native mangrove | Acacia longifolia |  | Tasmanian name for Boobialla
Native mignonette | Stackhousia linariaefolia | Stackhousia monogyna | creamy candles
Native millet | Panicum decompositum |  |
Native mint | Mentha australis |  | river mint, native peppermint
Native mistletoe | Loranthus spp. |  |
Native mulberry | Hedycarya cunninghami | Hedycarya angustifolia | smooth holly
Native mulberry | Pipturus propinquus | Pipturus argenteus | Queensland grasscloth plant
Native mulberry | Litsaea ferruginea | Litsea spp. | pigeonberry tree
Native myrtle | Myoporum serratum | Myoporum insulare | native currant, native juniper, blueberry tree
Native nectarine | Owenia acidula |  | emu apple
Native oak | Casuarina spp. |  |
Native olive | Bursaria spinosa |  | boxthorn, native box
Native onion | Bulbine bulbosa |  | native leek; poisonous
Native orange | Citrus australis |  | native lime, finger lime
Native orange | Capparis mitchellii |  | native pomegranate
Native passionflower | Passiflora spp. |  | some are indigenous
Native peach | Santalum acuminatum
Elaeocarpus grandis |  | quandong
Native pear | Hakea acicularis | Hakea sericea | bushy needlewood
Native pennyroyal | Mentha gracilis | Mentha satureioides | creeping mint
Native pepper | Piper novae-hollandiae |  |
Native plantain | Plantago varia | Plantago spp. |
Native plum | Nageia spinulosa | Podocarpus spinulosus | native damson
Native pomegranate | Capparis nobilis
Capparis mitchelli | Capparis arborea
Capparis canescens
Capparis mitchellii | caper tree
wild orange
native orange
Native potato | Gastrodia sesamoides |  |
Native quince | Owenia acidula |  | emu apple
Native quince | Petalostigma quadriloculare | Petalostigma | crab-tree, quinine tree
Native raspberry | Rubus gunnianus
Rubus rosaefolius |  | Tasmania
mainland Australia
Native rocket | Epacris lanuginosa |  |
Native sandalwood | Santalum persicarium | Santalum murrayanum | see also Santalum spicatum, Santalum lanceolatum
Native sandalwood | Alyxia buxifolia |  | sea box, dysentery bush
Native sarsaparilla | Hardenbergia monophylla |  |
Native sassafras | Atherosperma moschatum |  |
Native scarlet runner | Kennedya prostrata | Kennedia prostrata | scarlet runner
Native shamrock | Lotus australis |  |
Native speedwell | Veronica formosa |  |
Native tamarind | Diploglottis cunninghamii |  |
Native tobacco | Cassinia billardieri | Apalochlamys spectabilis | showy cassinia, fireweed
Native tobacco | Duboisia hopwoodii |  | pituri, pitchery
Native tobacco | Nicotiana suaveolens |  |
Native tulip | Telopea oreades spp. |  | waratah
Native willow | Acacia longifolia |  |
Native yam | Dioscorideae hastifoliae | Dioscorea hastifolia |

## Notes

1. ↑ As reported in Edward E. Morris (1896). Dictionary of Australian Words.

## References

1. ↑ Edward E. Morris (1896). Dictionary of Australian Words.
2. ↑ "Acaena ovina". Yarra Ranges Council. https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/PlantDirectory/Herbs-Groundcovers/Acaena-x-ovina.

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