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Native plants of Simpson Desert biogeographic subregion

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Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Charophyceae Characeae Nitella U
land plants Acanthaceae Dipteracanthus australasicus subsp. australasicus C QA
land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens C QA
land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens var. clementii C QA
land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens var. pogonanthera C QA
land plants Aizoaceae Gunniopsis quadrifida C QA
land plants Aizoaceae Tetragonia moorei C QA
land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema pilosa C QA
land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema sp. (Coorabulka R.W.Purdie 1404) C QA
land plants Aizoaceae Trianthema triquetrum red spinach C QAI
land plants Aizoaceae Zaleya galericulata C QA
land plants Aizoaceae Zaleya galericulata subsp. galericulata C QAI
land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera angustifolia C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera denticulata lesser joyweed C QAI
land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera nodiflora joyweed C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus U
land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus cochleitepalus C Q
land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus cuspidifolius C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus grandiflorus C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus macrocarpus dwarf amaranth C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus mitchellii Boggabri weed C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Gomphrena cunninghamii C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Gomphrena lanata C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus helipteroides C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus latifolius C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus macrocephalus green pussytails C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus murrayi C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus nobilis C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus obovatus C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus polystachyus C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus pseudohelipteroides C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus schwartzii C QA
land plants Amaranthaceae Ptilotus sessilifolius C QA
land plants Apiaceae Daucus glochidiatus Australian carrot C QAI
land plants Apocynaceae Carissa lanceolata C QA
land plants Apocynaceae Cynanchum brevipedicellatum C QA
land plants Apocynaceae Cynanchum floribundum C QA
land plants Apocynaceae Cynanchum viminale subsp. australe C QA
land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia australis C QA
land plants Apocynaceae Vincetoxicum lineare C QA
land plants Araliaceae Trachymene glaucifolia C QA
land plants Asphodelaceae Bulbine alata native leek C QA
land plants Asteraceae Anemocarpa podolepidium C QA
land plants Asteraceae Angianthus cyathifer C QA
land plants Asteraceae Apowollastonia stirlingii subsp. stirlingii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Asteraceae QAI
land plants Asteraceae Brachyscome ciliaris C QA
land plants Asteraceae Brachyscome gilesii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Brachyscome tesquorum C QA
land plants Asteraceae Calocephalus knappii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Calocephalus platycephalus yellow top C QA
land plants Asteraceae Calotis U
land plants Asteraceae Calotis ancyrocarpa anchor burr daisy C QA
land plants Asteraceae Calotis erinacea tangeled burr daisy C QA
land plants Asteraceae Calotis hispidula bogan flea C QA
land plants Asteraceae Calotis plumulifera C QA
land plants Asteraceae Calotis porphyroglossa channel burr daisy C QA
land plants Asteraceae Centipeda crateriformis subsp. crateriformis C QA
land plants Asteraceae Centipeda minima subsp. minima C QAI
land plants Asteraceae Centipeda pleiocephala C QA
land plants Asteraceae Chrysocephalum apiculatum yellow buttons C QA
land plants Asteraceae Chrysocephalum eremaeum C QA
land plants Asteraceae Dichromochlamys dentatifolia C QA
land plants Asteraceae Ethuliopsis cunninghamii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Gnephosis arachnoidea C QA
land plants Asteraceae Gnephosis eriocarpa native chamomile C QA
land plants Asteraceae Gnephosis tenuissima C QA
land plants Asteraceae Ixiochlamys filicifolia C QA
land plants Asteraceae Kippistia suaedifolia C QA
land plants Asteraceae Leiocarpa leptolepis C QA
land plants Asteraceae Leucochrysum stipitatum C QA
land plants Asteraceae Millotia greevesii subsp. greevesii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Minuria cunninghamii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Minuria denticulata C QA
land plants Asteraceae Minuria integerrima smooth minuria C QA
land plants Asteraceae Minuria leptophylla C QA
land plants Asteraceae Minuria rigida C QA
land plants Asteraceae Myriocephalus rudallii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Pluchea dunlopii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleri C QA
land plants Asteraceae Pluchea rubelliflora C QA
land plants Asteraceae Podolepis aristata subsp. aristata C QA
land plants Asteraceae Polycalymma stuartii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey cudweed C QAI
land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon serrulatum var. velutinum C QA
land plants Asteraceae Pterocaulon sphacelatum applebush C QA
land plants Asteraceae Pycnosorus eremaeus C QA
land plants Asteraceae Rhodanthe charsleyae C QA
land plants Asteraceae Rhodanthe floribunda C QA
land plants Asteraceae Rhodanthe moschata C QA
land plants Asteraceae Rutidosis helichrysoides subsp. acutiglumis C QA
land plants Asteraceae Rutidosis helichrysoides subsp. helichrysoides C QA
land plants Asteraceae Senecio depressicola C QA
land plants Asteraceae Senecio gregorii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Senecio lanibracteus C QA
land plants Asteraceae Sphaeranthus indicus C QAI
land plants Asteraceae Sphaeromorphaea littoralis C QA
land plants Asteraceae Streptoglossa adscendens desert daisy C QA
land plants Asteraceae Streptoglossa bubakii C QA
land plants Asteraceae Streptoglossa liatroides C QA
land plants Asteraceae Trichanthodium skirrophorum C QA
land plants Asteraceae Vittadinia eremaea C QA
land plants Asteraceae Waitzia fitzgibbonii C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Halgania cyanea C QAI
land plants Boraginaceae Halgania cyanea var. (Bloodwood Bore F.J.Badman 4926) C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium U
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium ammophilum C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium cunninghamii C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium filaginoides C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium haesum C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium moorei C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium ovalifolium C QAI
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium tanythrix C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Omphalolappula concava burr stickseed C QA
land plants Boraginaceae Trichodesma zeylanicum var. zeylanicum C QAI
land plants Brassicaceae Arabidella nasturtium C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Blennodia canescens wild stock C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Blennodia pterosperma C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Harmsiodoxa puberula C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Lemphoria eremigena C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Lepidium muelleri-ferdinandi C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Lepidium phlebopetalum veined peppercress C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Menkea crassa C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Stenopetalum anfractum C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Stenopetalum decipiens C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Stenopetalum lineare C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Stenopetalum nutans C QA
land plants Brassicaceae Stenopetalum velutinum C QA
land plants Byttneriaceae Commersonia loxophylla C QA
land plants Byttneriaceae Seringia nephrosperma C QA
land plants Byttneriaceae Waltheria indica C QAI
land plants Campanulaceae Isotoma luticola SL Q I
land plants Campanulaceae Isotoma petraea rock isotome SL QA
land plants Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia QAI
land plants Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia gracilis sprawling bluebell SL QAI
land plants Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia tumidifructa SL QA
land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea arida C QA
land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea breviflora C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex QAI
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex angulata fan saltbush C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex crassipes var. crassipes C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex eardleyae C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex elachophylla C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex holocarpa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex limbata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex lindleyi C QAI
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex lobativalvis C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex nummularia subsp. nummularia C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex pseudocampanulata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex spongiosa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex velutinella C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex vesicaria C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex vesicaria subsp. macrocystidia C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis C Q
land plants Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium auricomum C QA I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium desertorum subsp. microphyllum C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dissocarpus paradoxus cannonball burr C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania cristata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania glomulifera C Q
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania glomulifera subsp. eremaea C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania plantaginella C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania platycarpa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania rhadinostachya subsp. rhadinostachya C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania simulans C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania sphaerosperma C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania truncata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Einadia nutans C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Einadia nutans subsp. eremaea C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Eriochiton sclerolaenoides C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana aphylla cotton bush C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana appressa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana astrotricha low bluebush C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana ciliata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana coronata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana dichoptera C Q
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana georgei C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana integra C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana lanosa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana microcarpa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana pyramidata black bluebush C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana triptera three-wing bluebush C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana turbinata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Maireana villosa C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Malacocera albolanata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Neobassia proceriflora soda bush C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Osteocarpum acropterum var. acropterum C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Osteocarpum dipterocarpum C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Rhagodia spinescens thorny saltbush C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Salsola australis C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena U
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena bicornis var. bicornis C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena blackiana Black's copperburr C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena brachyptera C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena calcarata red burr C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena clelandii C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena convexula C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena cornishiana C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena cuneata tangled copperburr C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena decurrens C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena densiflora C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena deserticola C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena diacantha grey copper burr C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena eriacantha C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena glabra C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena intricata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena johnsonii C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena lanicuspis C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena muricata var. muricata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia QAI
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia cupuliformis C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia halocnemoides subsp. longispicata C QA
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia indica subsp. leiostachya C QA I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia medullosa C Q
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia pergranulata C QA I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. divaricata C QA I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. elongata C Q I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia tenuis C QA
land plants Cleomaceae Areocleome oxalidea C QA
land plants Cleomaceae Arivela viscosa C QAI
land plants Convolvulaceae Bonamia media C QA
land plants Convolvulaceae Convolvulus clementii C QA
land plants Convolvulaceae Cressa australis C QAI
land plants Convolvulaceae Cuscuta victoriana C QA
land plants Convolvulaceae Evolvulus alsinoides var. villosicalyx C QA
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea coptica C QAI
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea diamantinensis desert cowvine C QA
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea muelleri poison morning-glory C QA
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea polymorpha C QAI
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea racemigera C QA
land plants Cucurbitaceae Austrobryonia argillicola C Q
land plants Cucurbitaceae Austrobryonia micrantha C QA
land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis argenteus C QA
land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis melo C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Abildgaardia oxystachya C QA
land plants Cyperaceae Bulbostylis barbata C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus bifax western nutgrass C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus bulbosus C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus carinatus x Cyperus centralis C QA
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus difformis rice sedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus gymnocaulos spiny flatsedge C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus iria C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus laevigatus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus leptocarpus C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus nervulosus C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus pygmaeus dwarf sedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus rigidellus C QA
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus squarrosus bearded flatsedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus tenuispica C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus victoriensis C QA
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis pallens pale spikerush C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis bisumbellata C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis dichotoma common fringe-rush C QAI
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis microcarya C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Schoenoplectiella dissachantha C QA
land plants Droseraceae Drosera finlaysoniana SL QA
land plants Elatinaceae Bergia ammannioides C QA I
land plants Elatinaceae Bergia diacheiron C QA
land plants Elatinaceae Bergia henshallii C QA
land plants Elatinaceae Bergia pedicellaris C QA I
land plants Elatinaceae Bergia trimera C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Adriana tomentosa var. hookeri C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia biconvexa C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia centralis C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia dallachyana C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia ferdinandi var. ferdinandi C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia inappendiculata var. queenslandica C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia parvicaruncula rough-seeded spurge C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia porcata C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila C QA
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia wheeleri C QA
land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia U
land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia cupularis C QA
land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia flabellata C Q
land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia foliosa C QA
land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia gracilis C QA
land plants Frankeniaceae Frankenia serpyllifolia C QA
land plants Gentianaceae Schenkia australis C QAI
land plants Geraniaceae Erodium carolinianum C QA
land plants Geraniaceae Erodium crinitum blue crowfoot C QA
land plants Geraniaceae Erodium cygnorum C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Brunonia australis blue pincushion SL QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia U
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia berardiana C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia collaris C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia connata C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia cycloptera C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia expansa C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia fascicularis C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia lunata C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia megasepala C Q
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia modesta C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia triodiophila C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia vilmoriniae C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Lechenaultia divaricata C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola U
land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola depauperata C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola ovalifolia C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola parvibarbata C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola parvifolia subsp. parvifolia C QA
land plants Goodeniaceae Scaevola spinescens prickly fan flower C QA
land plants Gyrostemonaceae Codonocarpus cotinifolius C QA
land plants Haloragaceae Haloragis aspera raspweed C QA
land plants Haloragaceae Haloragis glauca forma glauca C QA
land plants Haloragaceae Haloragis gossei C QA
land plants Hemerocallidaceae Corynotheca divaricata C QA
land plants Juncaginaceae Triglochin U
land plants Juncaginaceae Triglochin isingiana SL QA I
land plants Lamiaceae Dicrastylis costelloi C QA
land plants Lamiaceae Dicrastylis lewellinii C QA
land plants Lamiaceae Newcastelia cephalantha C QA
land plants Lamiaceae Newcastelia spodiotricha C QA
land plants Lamiaceae Teucrium racemosum C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia ancistrocarpa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia aneura C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia aneura var. tenuis C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia bivenosa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia cambagei gidgee C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia cyperophylla var. cyperophylla minniritchie C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia dictyophleba C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia elachantha C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia georginae C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia jennerae C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia ligulata C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia melleodora C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia murrayana C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia oswaldii miljee C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia paraneura C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia ramulosa horse mulga C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia ramulosa var. ramulosa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia sericophylla C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia sibirica C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia stipuligera C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia tetragonophylla dead finish C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia victoriae subsp. arida C QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia victoriae subsp. victoriae C QA
land plants Leguminosae Aeschynomene indica budda pea C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria cunninghamii C QA
land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria cunninghamii subsp. sturtii C QA
land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria dissitiflora subsp. rugosa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria eremaea subsp. eremaea C QA
land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria smithiana C QA
land plants Leguminosae Cullen australasicum C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Cullen cinereum C QA
land plants Leguminosae Cullen discolor C QA
land plants Leguminosae Cullen graveolens C QA
land plants Leguminosae Cullen pallidum C QA
land plants Leguminosae Cullen patens bullamon lucerne C QA
land plants Leguminosae Glycine canescens silky glycine C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Indigastrum parviflorum C QA
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera colutea sticky indigo C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera erubescens C QA
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera linifolia C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera linnaei Birdsville indigo C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera psammophila C QA
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera queenslandica C Q
land plants Leguminosae Isotropis U
land plants Leguminosae Isotropis wheeleri Wheeler's lamb poison C QA
land plants Leguminosae Lotus australis Australian trefoil C QA
land plants Leguminosae Lotus cruentus red-flowered lotus C QA
land plants Leguminosae Lysiphyllum gilvum bauhinia C QA
land plants Leguminosae Muelleranthus parvalatus C QA
land plants Leguminosae Muelleranthus stipularis C QA
land plants Leguminosae Neptunia xanthonema C QA
land plants Leguminosae Petalostylis cassioides C QA
land plants Leguminosae Rhynchosia minima var. australis C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides C QAI
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. alicia C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. artemisioides C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. helmsii C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. quadrifolia C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. sturtii C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna glutinosa C Q
land plants Leguminosae Senna glutinosa subsp. glutinosa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna glutinosa subsp. pruinosa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna phyllodinea C QA
land plants Leguminosae Senna pleurocarpa var. pleurocarpa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Sesbania campylocarpa C Q
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona U
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona affinis C QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona burkei C QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona campylantha C QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona flavicarinata C QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona laxa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona murrayana slender Darling pea V V QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona oligophylla C QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona oroboides variable swainsona C QA
land plants Leguminosae Swainsona phacoides dwarf swainsona C QA
land plants Leguminosae Templetonia egena desert broombush C QA
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia brachyodon C QA
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sabulosa C QA
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sp. (Glenormiston R.W.Purdie 1362) C QA
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia sphaerospora C QA
land plants Leguminosae Trigonella suavissima C QA
land plants Leguminosae Vigna sp. (McDonald Downs Station R.A.Perry 3416) C QA
land plants Leguminosae Zornia albiflora C QA
land plants Loranthaceae Amyema maidenii subsp. maidenii C QA
land plants Loranthaceae Amyema preissii C QA
land plants Loranthaceae Amyema quandang var. quandang C QA
land plants Loranthaceae Lysiana exocarpi subsp. exocarpi C QA
land plants Loranthaceae Lysiana subfalcata C QA
land plants Lythraceae Ammannia multiflora jerry-jerry C QAI
land plants Lythraceae Lythrum wilsonii C QA
land plants Lythraceae Rotala diandra C QA I
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon U
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon calliphyllum velvet lanternflower C Q
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon fraseri subsp. fraseri C QA
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon leucopetalum C QA
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon macrum C QA
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon malvifolium bastard marshmallow C QA
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon otocarpum C QA
land plants Malvaceae Gossypium australe C QA
land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus burtonii C QA
land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus krichauffianus C QA
land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus sturtii C QA
land plants Malvaceae Lawrencia glomerata C QA
land plants Malvaceae Lawrencia squamata C QA
land plants Malvaceae Lawrencia viridigrisea C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida U
land plants Malvaceae Sida ammophila C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida argillacea C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida cunninghamii C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida cunninghamii subsp. (Bedourie R.W.Purdie 1445) C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida fibulifera C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida platycalyx lifesaver burr C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida rohlenae C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida rohlenae subsp. rohlenae C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida sp. (Kallala S.L.Everist 3223) C QA
land plants Malvaceae Sida trichopoda C QA
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea costulifera narrow-leaved nardoo C QA I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea drummondii common nardoo C QAI I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea exarata sway-back nardoo C QA I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea hirsuta hairy nardoo C QAI I
land plants Meliaceae Owenia acidula emu apple C QA
land plants Molluginaceae Glinus lotoides hairy carpet weed C QAI
land plants Molluginaceae Glinus orygioides C QA
land plants Molluginaceae Hypertelis cerviana C QAI
land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia terminalis C QA
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. arida C QA I
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus coolabah coolabah C QA
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus gamophylla C QA
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus pachyphylla red-bud mallee C QA
land plants Nitrariaceae Nitraria billardierei C QA
land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia burbidgeana C QAI
land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia dominii C QAI
land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia pubescens C QA
land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia repleta C QA
land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia schomburgkiana C QA
land plants Orobanchaceae Buchnera ramosissima C QAI
land plants Pentapetaceae Melhania oblongifolia C QAI
land plants Phrymaceae Elacholoma hornii C Q
land plants Phrymaceae Glossostigma cleistanthum C QA I
land plants Phrymaceae Glossostigma diandrum C QA I
land plants Phrymaceae Mimulus U
land plants Phrymaceae Peplidium aithocheilum C QA
land plants Phrymaceae Peplidium foecundum C QA I
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus U
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus fuernrohrii C QA
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus lacunellus C QA
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus maderaspatensis C QAI
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus virgatus C QAI
land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon rhytidospermus C QA
land plants Phyllanthaceae Synostemon trachyspermus C Q
land plants Plantaginaceae Plantago drummondii C QA
land plants Plantaginaceae Stemodia anisata C Q
land plants Plantaginaceae Stemodia florulenta C QA
land plants Plantaginaceae Stemodia glabella C QA
land plants Poaceae Amphipogon sericeus C QA
land plants Poaceae Aristida anthoxanthoides C QA
land plants Poaceae Aristida contorta bunched kerosene grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Aristida dominii C QA
land plants Poaceae Aristida holathera var. holathera C QA
land plants Poaceae Aristida hygrometrica C QA
land plants Poaceae Aristida inaequiglumis C QA
land plants Poaceae Aristida latifolia feathertop wiregrass C QA
land plants Poaceae Astrebla elymoides hoop mitchell grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Astrebla pectinata barley mitchell grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Brachyachne ciliaris hairy native couch C QA
land plants Poaceae Chloris pectinata comb chloris C QAI
land plants Poaceae Chrysopogon fallax C QAI
land plants Poaceae Dactyloctenium radulans button grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Dichanthium sericeum subsp. humilius C QA
land plants Poaceae Digitaria ammophila silky umbrella grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Diplachne fusca C QA I
land plants Poaceae Diplachne fusca var. fusca C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Diplachne fusca var. muelleri C QA I
land plants Poaceae Elytrophorus spicatus C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Enneapogon avenaceus C QA
land plants Poaceae Enneapogon cylindricus jointed nineawn C QA
land plants Poaceae Enneapogon nigricans niggerheads C QAI
land plants Poaceae Enneapogon polyphyllus leafy nineawn C QA
land plants Poaceae Enteropogon acicularis curly windmill grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Enteropogon ramosus C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis australasica C QA I
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis basedowii C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis confertiflora C QAI
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis cumingii C QAI
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis dielsii mallee lovegrass C QAI
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis eriopoda C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis exigua C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis falcata sickle lovegrass C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis kennedyae small-flowered lovegrass C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis lanicaulis C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis leptocarpa drooping lovegrass C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis pergracilis C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis setifolia C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis sororia C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis speciosa C QA
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis tenellula delicate lovegrass C QAI
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis xerophila C QAI
land plants Poaceae Eriachne aristidea C QA
land plants Poaceae Eriachne benthamii C QA
land plants Poaceae Eriachne mucronata C QA
land plants Poaceae Eriachne pulchella C Q
land plants Poaceae Eriachne pulchella subsp. pulchella C QA
land plants Poaceae Eriochloa australiensis C QAI
land plants Poaceae Eriochloa longiflora C QA
land plants Poaceae Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha C QAI
land plants Poaceae Eulalia aurea silky browntop C QAI
land plants Poaceae Iseilema dolichotrichum C QA
land plants Poaceae Iseilema eremaeum C QA
land plants Poaceae Iseilema membranaceum small flinders grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Iseilema vaginiflorum red flinders grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Neurachne munroi C QA
land plants Poaceae Oxychloris scariosa winged chloris C QA
land plants Poaceae Panicum laevinode pepper grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Paractaenum novae-hollandiae subsp. reversum C QA
land plants Poaceae Paspalidium rarum C QA
land plants Poaceae Perotis rara comet grass C QAI
land plants Poaceae Phragmites australis common reed C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Plagiosetum refractum C QA
land plants Poaceae Schizachyrium fragile firegrass C QAI
land plants Poaceae Setaria surgens C QAI
land plants Poaceae Sporobolus actinocladus katoora grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Sporobolus australasicus C QA
land plants Poaceae Sporobolus caroli fairy grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Sporobolus mitchellii rat's tail couch C QA
land plants Poaceae Sporobolus partimpatens C Q
land plants Poaceae Themeda triandra kangaroo grass C QAI
land plants Poaceae Thyridolepis mitchelliana mulga mitchell grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Tragus australianus small burr grass C QAI
land plants Poaceae Triodia basedowii C QA
land plants Poaceae Tripogon loliiformis five minute grass C QAI
land plants Poaceae Triraphis mollis purple plumegrass C QA
land plants Poaceae Uranthoecium truncatum flat-stem grass C QA
land plants Poaceae Urochloa praetervisa C QA
land plants Poaceae Yakirra australiensis C QA
land plants Poaceae Yakirra australiensis var. australiensis C QA
land plants Poaceae Yakirra muelleri C QA
land plants Poaceae Zygochloa paradoxa C QA
land plants Polygalaceae Polygala glaucifolia C QA
land plants Polygalaceae Polygala isingii C QA
land plants Polygonaceae Duma florulenta C QA I
land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia balonensis broad-leaved parakeelya C QA
land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia eremaea C QA
land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia polyandra C QA
land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia ptychosperma C QA
land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia pumila C QA
land plants Portulacaceae Calandrinia stagnensis C QA
land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca U
land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca filifolia C QAI
land plants Portulacaceae Portulaca intraterranea C QA
land plants Proteaceae Grevillea juncifolia subsp. juncifolia C QA
land plants Proteaceae Grevillea stenobotrya C QA
land plants Proteaceae Grevillea striata beefwood C QA
land plants Proteaceae Hakea eyreana C QA
land plants Proteaceae Hakea leucoptera C QA
land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes brownii C QA
land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes nudiuscula C QAI
land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi C QAI
land plants Ricciaceae Riccia crinita C Q
land plants Rubiaceae Dentella pulvinata C QA
land plants Rubiaceae Paranotis pterospora C QA
land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce hillii C QA
land plants Rubiaceae Synaptantha tillaeacea var. hispidula C QA
land plants Rubiaceae Synaptantha tillaeacea var. tillaeacea C QA
land plants Ruppiaceae Ruppia maritima sea tassel C QAI I
land plants Santalaceae Anthobolus leptomerioides C QA
land plants Santalaceae Exocarpos sparteus slender cherry C QA
land plants Santalaceae Santalum lanceolatum SL QA
land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila bignoniiflora eurah C QA I
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila bowmanii subsp. nutans C Q
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila cordatisepala C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila freelingii rock fuchsia bush C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila latrobei subsp. glabra C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila longifolia berrigan C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila macdonnellii C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila maculata subsp. maculata C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila obovata C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila obovata subsp. obovata C QA
land plants Scrophulariaceae Eremophila willsii subsp. integrifolia C QA
land plants Solanaceae Duboisia hopwoodii pituri C QA
land plants Solanaceae Nicotiana ingulba C QA
land plants Solanaceae Nicotiana latifolia C QA
land plants Solanaceae Nicotiana latzii C Q
land plants Solanaceae Nicotiana obliqua C QA
land plants Solanaceae Nicotiana scopulorum C QA
land plants Solanaceae Nicotiana velutina C QA
land plants Solanaceae Solanum U
land plants Solanaceae Solanum chenopodinum C QA
land plants Solanaceae Solanum emmottii C QA
land plants Solanaceae Solanum esuriale quena C QA
land plants Solanaceae Solanum oligacanthum C QA
land plants Solanaceae Solanum quadriloculatum C QA
land plants Sparrmanniaceae Corchorus elderi C QA
land plants Sparrmanniaceae Corchorus sidoides subsp. vermicularis C QA
land plants Sparrmanniaceae Corchorus tridens C QAI
land plants Sparrmanniaceae Triumfetta winneckeana C QA
land plants Stackhousiaceae Macgregoria racemigera carpet-of-snow C QA
land plants Stackhousiaceae Stackhousia clementii C QA
land plants Stackhousiaceae Stackhousia muricata C QA
land plants Stackhousiaceae Stackhousia viminea slender stackhousia C QAI
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium desertorum SL QA
land plants Surianaceae Stylobasium spathulatum C QA
land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea trichostachya flaxweed C QA
land plants Violaceae Pigea aurantiaca C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera ammophila C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera aurantiaca C Q
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera aurantiaca subsp. aurantiaca C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera compressa C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera emarginata C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera eremaea C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera howittii C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Roepera similis C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulopis angustifolia C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus U
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus astrocarpus C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus eichlerianus bull head C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus hystrix C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus macrocarpus C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus minutus C QA
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulus terrestris caltrop C QAI

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Native plants of Simpson Desert biogeographic subregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 10 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=biogeographic-subregion-simpson-desert&Kingdom=plants&SpeciesFilter=Native

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