Plants to plant - 3

	Cassytha racemosa dodder laurel A twining parasitic herb. The small pear shaped, lobed fruit, is eaten and spread by birds. The thin brown or yellow stems spread like a net over the host plant. Some plants remain near Vlamingh Memorial in South Cottesloe. Flowers: white, yellow, green – most of the year See more on Florabase .
	Clematis linearifolia old man’s beard (binitch) A vigorous woody climber that grows on dunes and limestone. There are male and female plants. The common name comes from the woolly, long-tailed fruits, which lie among the shrub’s branches until they are blown away by the wind. A few plants remain in Cottesloe at John Black Dune Park. Flowers white – July to September See more on Florabase .
	Conostylis candicans grey cottonheads A grass-like, rhizomatous, perennial herb, that grows well in Grant Marine Park. The long, narrow leaves are covered in grey hairs. Grey cottonheads is a ‘stilt’plant, as it has an aerial root system supported by prop roots. A butterfly, the silver spotted ochre feeds on this plant. Flowers: yellow – August to February See more on Florabase.
	Corymbia calophylla marri or red gum This beautiful tree can grow to 50 metres and live for 300 years. The bark is grey-brown with rough mosaic-like blocks and the large woody, ‘honkey nut’ fruits remind many of May Gibbs’Gumnut Baby stories. The species name calophylla is Greek for ‘beautiful leaf’. The tree is very important for many birds and insects eg: cockatoos, ring-neck parrots and native bees. Research collected at the WA Museum records observations of 16 species of native bee visiting marri flowers. Flowers: large clusters of white, creamy-white or rarely pink – December to April. See more on Florabase.
	Corynotheca micrantha sand lily This leafless, tangled perennial herb probably grows at only one place in Cottesloe – on the edge of the Seaview Golf course. The branches have a forked habit. Flowers: white, pink, purple, or cream – June to January. See more on Florabase .
	Dianella revoluta flax-lily A perennial herb that spreads by rhizomes and grows on sand or limestone. The flowers are designed to be pollinated by native bees such as the blue-banded bee. The bee holds the anther and buzzes, to shake out the pollen over itself. The fruits are purple berries. Flowers: blue, purple, rarely white – September to December. See more on Florabase.
	Dryandra lindleyana couch honeypot - see Banksia lindleyana
	Dryandra sessilis parrotbush (boojak) see Banksia sessilis
	Enchylaena tomentosa ruby saltbush A sprawling prostrate plant which has orange-red berries and fine hairs on the leaves. It can tolerate saline soil. Flowers: yellow – May to September. See more on Florabase .
	Eremophila glabra tar bush The genus name is derived from Greek and Latin and indicates a plant that is desert loving. The species name indicates the smooth rather than hairy leaves. Tar bush is a low shrub that grows on sand or limestone. Only a few naturally occuring plants remain in Cottesloe. Flowers: yellow, orange, red, brown - March to December See more on Florabase .
	Eucalyptus gomphocephala tuart The largest tree on Perth’s coastal plain, growing to 30m high, on white sand and sand over limestone. The bark is finely fibrous and grey to white, the fruits are bell shaped. Trees can fork into spreading branches. Hollows in old trees are used by red-capped parrots and dead hollow trunks provide habitat for kestrels, kingfishers, bats, ringneck parrots, and brushtail possums. Insects and lizards use the bark and shiny greyish-green leaves. Baudin’s black cockatoo chews the bark to reach grubs. Flowers: white – December to April. See more on Florabase.
	Ficinia nodosa knotted club-rush A tufted perennial sedge with rigid cylindrical stems to 1m high. The flowers are clustered in a brown spikey ball which remains on the plant for a long time. Long fibrous roots aid in holding mobile sand. Flowers: brown - August to April. See more on Florabase.