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Native plants of Great Basalt Wall National Park

Total number of species: 278

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Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Charophyceae Characeae Chara fibrosa C NTQ I
green algae Oedogoniaceae Oedogonium crassum C NTQ
land plants Acanthaceae Brunoniella acaulis C NTQ
land plants Acanthaceae Nelsonia campestris C NTQ
land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens C NTQ
land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens var. hispida C NTQ
land plants Acanthaceae Rostellularia adscendens var. latifolia C NTQ
land plants Amaranthaceae Achyranthes aspera C NTQ
land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera denticulata lesser joyweed C NTQ
land plants Amaranthaceae Amaranthus interruptus C NTQ
land plants Amaranthaceae Deeringia amaranthoides redberry C NTQ
land plants Apiaceae Centella QAI
land plants Apiaceae Centella asiatica C NTQ
land plants Apiaceae Oenanthe javanica NT NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Alstonia scholaris white cheesewood C NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Alyxia spicata C NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Cynanchum viminale subsp. brunonianum C NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Gymnanthera oblonga C NTQ I
land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia microlepis C NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Parsonsia plaesiophylla C NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Vincetoxicum erectum C NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Wrightia versicolor C NTQ
land plants Araceae Landoltia punctata C NTQ
land plants Araceae Lemna QAI
land plants Araceae Lemna trisulca C NTQ I
land plants Asteraceae Acmella grandiflora var. brachyglossa C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Adenostemma lavenia C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Adenostemma lavenia var. lavenia C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Apowollastonia spilanthoides C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Blumea saxatilis C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Chrysocephalum apiculatum yellow buttons C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Cyanthillium cinereum C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Eschenbachia aegyptiaca C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Peripleura obovata C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey cudweed C NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Sigesbeckia orientalis Indian weed C NTQ
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium cunninghamii C NTQ
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium muelleri C NTQ
land plants Boraginaceae Heliotropium ovalifolium C NTQ
land plants Campanulaceae Isotoma petraea rock isotome SL NTQ
land plants Campanulaceae Lobelia concolor SL NTQ
land plants Campanulaceae Lobelia quadrangularis SL NTQ
land plants Cannabaceae Trema tomentosa var. tomentosa C NTQ
land plants Capparaceae Capparis nummularia C NTQ
land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea corymbosa var. corymbosa C NTQ
land plants Caryophyllaceae Polycarpaea multicaulis C NTQ
land plants Casuarinaceae Casuarina cunninghamiana C NTQ I
land plants Casuarinaceae Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana C NTQ I
land plants Celastraceae Denhamia cunninghamii C NTQ
land plants Celastraceae Denhamia oleaster C NTQ
land plants Ceratophyllaceae Ceratophyllum demersum hornwort C NTQ I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Dysphania carinata C NTQ
land plants Commelinaceae Commelina ciliata C NTQ
land plants Commelinaceae Murdannia graminea murdannia C NTQ
land plants Convolvulaceae Cuscuta chinensis C NTQ
land plants Convolvulaceae Evolvulus alsinoides C NTQ
land plants Convolvulaceae Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens C NTQ
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea eriocarpa C NTQ
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea plebeia bellvine C NTQ
land plants Convolvulaceae Jacquemontia paniculata C NTQ
land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis althaeoides C NTQ
land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis melo C NTQ
land plants Cucurbitaceae Sicyos australis star cucumber C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Abildgaardia ovata C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Bulbostylis barbata C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus bifax western nutgrass C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus difformis rice sedge C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus exaltatus tall flatsedge C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus flavidus C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus haspan C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus javanicus C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus leiocaulon C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus microcephalus subsp. microcephalus C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides flatsedge C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus platystylis C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus polystachyos var. polystachyos C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus procerus C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus pygmaeus dwarf sedge C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus sanguinolentus C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus unioloides C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis dulcis C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis equisetina C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis plana ribbed spikerush C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis dichotoma common fringe-rush C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis nutans C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis sieberiana C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis tetragona C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Fuirena umbellata C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Schoenoplectiella mucronata C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Schoenus falcatus C NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Scleria brownii C NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Scleria mackaviensis C NTQ
land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros humilis small-leaved ebony C NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Acalypha eremorum soft acalypha C NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Claoxylon tenerifolium subsp. tenerifolium C NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia bifida C NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila C NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Mallotus philippensis red kamala C NTQ
land plants Fabroniaceae Fabronia australis C NTQ
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia gracilis C NTQ
land plants Goodeniaceae Goodenia grandiflora C NTQ
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum verrucosum water milfoil C NTQ I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Hydrilla verticillata hydrilla SL NTQ I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Najas tenuifolia water nymph SL NTQ I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Ottelia alismoides SL NTQ I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Ottelia ovalifolia swamp lily SL NTQ I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Ottelia ovalifolia subsp. ovalifolia SL NTQ
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Vallisneria nana SL NTQ I
land plants Lamiaceae Ajuga australis Australian bugle C NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Anisomeles moschata C NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Basilicum polystachyon C NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Coleus australis C NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Coleus congestus C NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Coleus diversus C NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Coleus graveolens C NTQ
land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra longifolia C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Acacia sericophylla C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Acacia tenuissima C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Aeschynomene brevifolia C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Cajanus acutifolius C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Cajanus reticulatus var. reticulatus C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Cajanus scarabaeoides var. scarabaeoides C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Canavalia papuana wild jack bean C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista absus var. absus C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Chamaecrista nomame var. nomame C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Crotalaria medicaginea var. neglecta C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Flemingia parviflora flemingia C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Galactia tenuiflora var. macrantha C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Glycine pescadrensis C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Glycine tomentella woolly glycine C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Hovea longipes brush hovea C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera hirsuta hairy indigo C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Indigofera queenslandica C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Lysiphyllum hookeri Queensland ebony C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Senna coronilloides C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Senna gaudichaudii C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Sesbania cannabina C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia astragaloides C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia barbatala C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia filipes subsp. filipes C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Tephrosia purpurea var. sericea C NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Zornia muriculata subsp. angustata C NTQ
land plants Lentibulariaceae Utricularia gibba floating bladderwort SL NTQ I
land plants Loranthaceae Amyema bifurcata C NTQ
land plants Loranthaceae Decaisnina congesta C NTQ
land plants Loranthaceae Lysiana subfalcata C NTQ
land plants Lythraceae Ammannia baccifera C NTQ
land plants Malpighiaceae Stigmaphyllon australiense C NTQ
land plants Malvaceae Abutilon hannii C NTQ
land plants Malvaceae Gossypium australe C NTQ
land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus meraukensis Merauke hibiscus C NTQ
land plants Malvaceae Hibiscus panduriformis C NTQ
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea crenata C NTQ I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea hirsuta hairy nardoo C NTQ I
land plants Menispermaceae Pleogyne australis wiry grape C NTQ
land plants Menispermaceae Tinospora smilacina snakevine C NTQ
land plants Menyanthaceae Nymphoides indica water snowflake SL NTQ I
land plants Moraceae Ficus henneana C NTQ
land plants Moraceae Ficus obliqua C NTQ
land plants Moraceae Ficus opposita C NTQ I
land plants Moraceae Ficus racemosa C NTQ
land plants Moraceae Ficus rubiginosa forma rubiginosa C NTQ
land plants Moraceae Ficus virens var. virens C NTQ
land plants Moraceae Streblus brunonianus whalebone tree C NTQ
land plants Myrsinaceae Myrsine variabilis C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia setosa subsp. pedicellaris C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. acuta C NTQ I
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus coolabah coolabah C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus crebra x Eucalyptus orgadophila C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus drepanophylla C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus melanophloia subsp. melanophloia C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus orgadophila mountain coolibah C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus persistens C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus shirleyi C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus tereticornis subsp. tereticornis C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus xanthoclada yellow-branched ironbark C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon grandiflorus subsp. riparius C NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca bracteata C NTQ I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca fluviatilis C NTQ I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca leucadendra broad-leaved tea-tree C NTQ I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca trichostachya C NTQ I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca viminalis C NTQ I
land plants Nelumbonaceae Nelumbo nucifera pink waterlily SL NTQ I
land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia dominii C NTQ
land plants Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia pubescens C NTQ
land plants Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea gigantea SL NTQ I
land plants Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea immutabilis SL NTQ I
land plants Onagraceae Ludwigia octovalvis willow primrose C NTQ I
land plants Orobanchaceae Buchnera ramosissima C NTQ
land plants Pentapetaceae Melhania oblongifolia C NTQ
land plants Phrymaceae Mimulus gracilis slender monkey flower C NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Breynia oblongifolia C NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus carpentariae C NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus maderaspatensis C NTQ
land plants Plantaginaceae Stemodia pubescens C NTQ
land plants Plumbaginaceae Plumbago zeylanica native plumbago C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Aristida calycina var. calycina C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Aristida latifolia feathertop wiregrass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Aristida lazaridis C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Aristida ramosa purple wiregrass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Arundinella nepalensis reedgrass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Capillipedium parviflorum scented top C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Cenchrus purpurascens C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Cymbopogon gratus C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Dichanthium fecundum curly bluegrass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Dichanthium sericeum subsp. humilius C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Dichanthium sericeum subsp. sericeum C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Dichanthium tenue small bluegrass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Digitaria ammophila silky umbrella grass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Digitaria basaltica CR NTQ
land plants Poaceae Digitaria brownii C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Digitaria divaricatissima spreading umbrella grass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Dinebra decipiens var. asthenes C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Echinochloa inundata marsh millet C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Enneapogon gracilis slender nineawn C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Enneapogon polyphyllus leafy nineawn C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Enneapogon truncatus C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis elongata C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis parviflora weeping lovegrass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Eragrostis pubescens C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Eriachne obtusa C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Heteropogon triticeus giant speargrass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Imperata cylindrica blady grass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Leersia hexandra swamp rice grass C NTQ I
land plants Poaceae Ophiuros exaltatus C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Panicum effusum C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Panicum larcomianum C NTQ I
land plants Poaceae Panicum mitchellii C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Paspalidium rarum C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Paspalidium udum V NTQ
land plants Poaceae Paspalum scrobiculatum ditch millet C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Phragmites australis common reed C NTQ I
land plants Poaceae Pseudoraphis spinescens spiny mudgrass C NTQ I
land plants Poaceae Sarga plumosum C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Sehima nervosum C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Sporobolus mitchellii rat's tail couch C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Themeda triandra kangaroo grass C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Urochloa holosericea subsp. holosericea C NTQ
land plants Poaceae Urochloa pubigera C NTQ
land plants Polygalaceae Polygala triflora C NTQ
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria attenuata C NTQ I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria decipiens slender knotweed C NTQ I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria prostrata creeping knotweed C NTQ I
land plants Polygonaceae Polygonum plebeium small knotweed C NTQ
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton crispus curly pondweed SL NTQ I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton tricarinatus floating pondweed SL NTQ I
land plants Proteaceae Grevillea glauca bushy's clothes peg C NTQ
land plants Pteridaceae Ceratopteris thalictroides SL NTQ I
land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes brownii C NTQ
land plants Pteridaceae Cheilanthes distans bristly cloak fern C NTQ
land plants Pteridaceae Pellaea muelleri SL NTQ
land plants Putranjivaceae Drypetes deplanchei grey boxwood C NTQ
land plants Ranunculaceae Clematis pickeringii C NTQ
land plants Ranunculaceae Ranunculus meristus C NTQ
land plants Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C NTQ
land plants Ricciaceae Riccia limbata C NTQ
land plants Ricciaceae Riccia sorocarpa C NTQ I
land plants Rubiaceae Larsenaikia ochreata C NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Psydrax attenuata forma megalantha C NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Spermacoce brachystema C NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Synaptantha tillaeacea var. tillaeacea C NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Geijera salicifolia brush wilga C NTQ
land plants Salviniaceae Azolla pinnata ferny azolla C NTQ I
land plants Sapindaceae Atalaya hemiglauca C NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa subsp. burmanniana C NTQ
land plants Sapotaceae Planchonella cotinifolia var. pubescens C NTQ
land plants Simaroubaceae Ailanthus triphysa white siris C NTQ
land plants Solanaceae Solanum ellipticum potato bush C NTQ
land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea sericostachya C NTQ
land plants Typhaceae Typha domingensis C NTQ I
land plants Urticaceae Dendrocnide photiniphylla shiny-leaved stinging tree C NTQ
land plants Urticaceae Pipturus argenteus white nettle C NTQ
land plants Verbenaceae Phyla nodiflora carpetweed C NTQ
land plants Violaceae Pigea stellarioides C NTQ
land plants Vitaceae Apocissus oblonga C NTQ
land plants Vitaceae Tetrastigma petraeum C NTQ
land plants Zygophyllaceae Tribulopis solandri C NTQ

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.

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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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Legend

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


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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Native plants of Great Basalt Wall National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 October 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-great-basalt-wall&Kingdom=plants&SpeciesFilter=Native

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