plants version 3 Flashcards
Family Pteridaeceae
ferns
bracken
mulga
Cycadaceae
Common Name – Cycads
Family – Cycadaceae
Characteristics –waxy dark green blades, varied CONES and LACK SPORES (i.e. this is how they different to ferns)
“dinosaur plants”
Poaceae
grass
Grass she will ask Johnson grass or Green panic
Toop grass killers
Grass From Top Killers
Buffell Grass
Oats
Setaria
Phalaris
Xanthorroeaceae
Common Name – Spiney headed Mat-rush
Family - Xanthorroeaceae
Leaf Shape
Ventation
Araceae
Lillies or flamingo flowers
flower shape = aroid
let shape ventation
Crassulaceae
mother of millions
flow shape - tubulates
leaf shape ventation
Portulacaceae
Common Name – Pig Weed
Family - Portulacaceae
Leaf Shape (rounded leaves) + distinct flowers Ventation
Asteraceae
daisies species - crofton weed - mist weed - noogoora Burr - Fireweed - cats ear
Verbenaceae
lantana
Small individual flowers, may be different colours
Cube stem
Solanaceae
star at the end species - Green cestrum - thorn apple - wild tobacco
leguminosae
pods
leuceana
polygonaceae
the alternative pattern of the flowers on the stem
species = smartweeds
Chenopodiaceae
- fat hen weird
Common Name: Fat Hen
Just crazy , nothing eats it even in drought
Very toxic, may ask about this in exam
Apocynaceae
species = wild cotton + oleander
alliaceae
onion, garlic, chives, leaks