Botanical Name: Lotus australis
Common Name: Austral trefoil
Type: Low perennial herb or subshrub 30-60cm x 60cm
Features:
- Open rounded subshrub, stems zigzagged
- Light green pinnate leaves with 5 leaflets
- Terminal clusters of showy pink or white pea flowers; October – March
- Butterfly attracting – food for caterpillars
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerant of dry periods once established
Requirements:
- Full sun
- Moist, well drained soil
- Prune after flowering to maintain bushiness
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Plant Fact Sheets
- Acacia dealbata
- Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae
- Acacia mearnsii
- Acacia melanoxylon
- Acacia mucronata
- Acacia myrtifolia
- Acacia paradoxa
- Acacia stricta
- Acacia suaveolens
- Acacia verticillata ssp verticillata
- Acacia verticillata ssp. ovoidea (Special order only)
- Acaena novae-zelandiae
- Acaena x ovina
- Actites megalocarpus (Special order only)
- Adiantum aethiopicum (Special order only)
- Adriana quadripartita (Special order only)
- Alisma plantago-aquatica (Special order only)
- Allocasuarina littoralis
- Allocasuarina media (Special order only)
- Allocasuarina paludosa
- Allocasuarina paradoxa
- Allocasuarina verticillata
- Alyxia buxifolia (Special Order Only)
- Arthropodium strictum
- Atriplex cinerea
- Austrostipa flavescens.
- Austrostipa mollis
- Austrostipa rudis
- Austrostipa stipoides
- Baloskion tetraphyllum
- Banksia integrifolia
- Banksia marginata
- Banksia spinulosa (Special order only)
- Billardiera mutabilis (Special order only) (Under development*)
- Blechnum nudum (Special order only)
- Bossiaea cinerea
- Brachyscome parvula (Special Order Only)
- Bulbine bulbosa (Special order only)
- Bursaria spinosa
- Calochlaena dubia
- Carex appressa
- Carex fascicularis
- Carex inversa
- Carpobrotus rossii
- Cassinia aculeata
- Cassinia trinerva (Information Only)
- Centella cordifolia
- Chrysocephalum apiculatum
- Chrysocephalum baxteri (Not Available)
- Clematis aristata
- Clematis microphylla
- Coprosma quadrifida (Special order only)
- Coronidium scorpioides
- Correa alba
- Crassula helmsii
- Cyathea australis (Special order only)
- Cycnogeton procerum
- Cynoglossum australe
- Daviesia latifolia (Special order only)
- Dianella brevicaulis
- Dianella caerulea sp.aff. caerulea - West Gippsland (Information Only)
- Dianella revoluta
- Dianella tasmanica
- Dichelachne crinita
- Dichondra repens
- Dillwynia cinerascens (Information Only)
- Dillwynia glaberrima (Information Only)
- Diplarrena moraea
- Disphyma crassifolium
- Eleocharis acuta
- Eleocharis sphacelata (Information Only)
- Enchylaena tomentosa (Information Only) (Under development*)
- Eucalyptus kitsoniana
- Eucalyptus obliqua
- Eucalyptus ovata
- Eucalyptus pauciflora
- Eucalyptus radiata
- Eucalyptus regnans
- Eucalyptus strzeleckii
- Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. pryoriana
- Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. viminalis (Information Only)
- Eucalyptus willisii
- Ficinia nodosa
- Gahnia filum
- Gahnia sieberiana
- Gahnia trifida (Special order only)
- Glycine clandestina
- Goodenia humilis
- Goodenia ovata
- Goodenia ovata prostrate
- Goodenia radicans
- Goodia lotifolia
- Gratiola peruviana
- Gynatrix pulchella
- Hakea nodosa
- Hakea teretifolia (Special order only)
- Hakea ulicina
- Hedycarya angustifolia (Special order only)
- Hibbertia sericea (Information Only)
- Hookerochloa hookeriana (Special order only)
- Imperata cylindrica (Special order only)
- Indigofera australis
- Juncus amabilis
- Juncus australis (Special order only)
- Juncus holoschoenus
- Juncus kraussii
- Juncus pallidus
- Juncus procerus
- Juncus sarophorus
- Juncus subsecundus
- Kennedia prostrata
- Kennedia prostrata - pink & white form (Special Order Only)
- Laphangium luteoalbum (Information Only) (Under development)
- Lepidosperma gladiatum (Special order only)
- Lepidosperma longitudinale (Information Only) (Under development)
- Leptospermum continentale
- Leptospermum continentale prostrate
- Leptospermum laevigatum
- Leptospermum lanigerum
- Leptospermum myrsinoides
- Leucophyta brownii
- Leucopogon parviflorus
- Linum marginale
- Liparophyllum exaltatum
- Lobelia anceps
- Lomandra longifolia ssp. exilis
- Lomandra longifolia ssp. longifolia
- Lythrum salicaria
- Machaerina acuta (Special order only)
- Machaerina articulata (Special order only)
- Machaerina juncea (Special order only)
- Machaerina rubiginosa
- Mazus pumilio
- Melaleuca ericifolia
- Melaleuca squarrosa
- Melicytus dentatus (Special order only)
- Microlaena stipoides
- Microseris sp.
- Montia australasica
- Myoporum insulare
- Myriophyllum crispatum
- Myrsine howittiana
- Olearia argophylla
- Olearia axillaris
- Olearia glutinosa
- Olearia lirata
- Olearia phlogopappa
- Olearia ramulosa
- Ornduffia reniformis
- Ottelia ovalifolia (Information Only) (Under development)
- Ozothamnus ferrugineus
- Ozothamnus turbinatus
- Pandorea pandorana
- Patersonia fragilis
- Patersonia occidentalis
- Pauridia vaginata (Special Order Only)
- Pelargonium australe
- Persicaria decipiens
- Philydrum lanuginosum
- Phragmites australis
- Pimelea humilis (Special Order Only)
- Pittosporum bicolour (Special order only) (Under development)
- Poa clelandii
- Poa labillardierei
- Poa poiformis
- Poa tenera
- Polyscias sambucifolia (Information Only)
- Polystichum proliferum (Special order only)
- Pomaderris aspera
- Pomaderris elliptica var. elliptica
- Pomaderris paniculosa ssp. paralia
- Potamogeton cheesemanii (Information Only) (Under development)
- Prostanthera lasianthos (Special order only) (Under development)
- Pultenaea daphnoides
- Pultenaea stricta
- Pultenaea tenuifolia
- Ranunculus inundatus
- Ranunculus lappaceus
- Rhagodia candolleana
- Rubus parvifolius (Special order only)
- Rytidosperma caespitosum (Special order only)
- Rytidosperma geniculatum
- Rytidosperma setaceum
- Samolus repens (Information Only) (Under development)
- Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Schoenus apogon (Special order only) (Under development)
- Schoenus brevifolius (Information Only) (Under development)
- Senecio pinnatifolius
- Solanum aviculare
- Solanum vescum (Special order only) (Under development)
- Spinifex sericeus (Special order only)
- Stackhousia monogyna (Not available ATM)
- Stylidium armeria
- Styphelia humifusa (Special order only) (Under development)
- Swainsona lessertiifolia (Special order only)
- Tetragonia implexicoma
- Thelionema caespitosum (Special Order only)
- Themeda triandra
- Thyridia repens
- Triglochin striata
- Viminaria juncea
- Viola hederacea
- Wahlenbergia gymnoclada
- Xanthorrhoea minor (Special order only)
- Zoysia macrantha