Plants of the Castlemaine District
Unshowy flowers
See also Sedges, Grasses, Orchids and Eucalypts.
Sheep's Burr (Acaena echinata) Leaves basal, divided.
Hybrid Sheep's Burr (Acaena×anserovina) Head oval, along stems. Uncommon.
Bidgeee Widgee (Acaena novae-zelandiae) Leaves divided.
Sheep's Sorrel (Acetosella vulgaris) Leaves lobed. Docklike plant.
Crow Garlic (*Allium vineale) Onion-like with strong garlic small 
Lesser Joyweed (Alternanthera denticulata) Wetlands and mud flats. Erect.
Kahki Weed (*Alternathera pungens) Prostrate. 
Powell's Amaranth (*Amaranthus powellii) Flowers in erect clusters. 
Stiff Tumbleweed (*Amaranthus albus) Flowers from leaf bases. A tumbleweed.
Parsley Piert (*Aphanes arvensis) Parsley-like leaves. Small green tube flowers.
Hastate Orache (Atriplex prostrata) Wetland. Erect or prostrate. 
Berry Saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata) Ground cover. Small red fruit. 
Shepherd's Purse (*Capsella bursa-pastoris) Herb with heart shaped fruit.
Common Bitter-cress (*Cardamine hirsuta) Small quick-growing weed.
Coffee Bush (Cassinia arcuata) Coffee-coloured flower clusters. 
Coarse Dodder-laurel (Cassytha melanthaa) Leafless parasitic climber. 
Old Man Weed (Centipeda cunninghamii) Wetland plant with button daisy flowers at leaf bases. 
Eyebane (Chamaesyce maculata) Small prostrate; sap milky. 
Fat Hen (*Chenpodium album) Leaves mealy underneath.
Sowbane (*Chenpodium murale) Mealy. Leaves scarcely mealy underneath.
Glaucous Goosefoot (*Chenpodium glaucum) Mealy. Prostrate.
Small Crumbweed (*Chenpodium pumilio) Small toothed leaves. Semi-prostrate.
Stinking Goosefoot. (*Chenpodium vulvaria) Prostrate. Obnoxious smell.
Miner's Lettuce (*Claytonia perfoliata) Soft herb. Stems pass through centres of the leaves.
Water Buttons. (*Cotula coronopifolia) Slightly succulent plant.
Cotulas. (*Cotula species) Small button daisies with fern-like leaves.
Small Crassulas (*Crassula species) Small, fleshy, pinkish stems.
Swamp Crassula (*Crassula helmsii) Small wetland plant.
Finger Orchid (*Disa bracteata) Erect, small flowers along stalk. 
Caper Spurge (*Euphorbia lathyris) Erect 30cm or more. Milky sap.
Petty Spurge (Euphorbia peplus) Slender. Less than 30cm. Milky sap.
Purple Cudweed (*Gamochaeta purpurea) Downy leaves. Flowers stalkless in a terminal cylindrical cluster.
Common Raspwort (Gonocarpus tetragynus) Small. Sightly toothed leaves. Very common bushland plant.
Hill Raspwort (Gonocarpus elatus) Mostly granite areas. Larger than Common Raspwort.
Rough Raspwort (Haloragis aspera) Usually toothed leaves. Wet places.
Varied Raspwort (Haloragis heterophylla) Leaves usually with a pair of teeth. Drainage lines. 
Jersey Cudweed (*Helichrysum luteoalbum) To 30cm high. Small daisy without spreading petals. Leaves white hairy.
Rushes (Juncus species) Small straw-coloured or brown flowers. Usually wetland plants.
Bottle Daisy (Lagenophora huegelii) Basal rosette of toothed leaves. Brownish flower at end of stalk. Common. 
Common Pepper-cress (*Lepidium africanum) Flowers small along upper stalks.
Lesser Swine-cress(*Lepidium didymum) Small plant. Leaves divided into narrow leaflets. Flowers small.
Horehound (*Marrubium vulgare) Silvery crinkled leaves.
Erect Chickweed (*Moencha erecta) Erect, slender plant. Inconspicuous white petals.
California stinkweed (*Navarretia squarrosa) Flowers are in spiny balls. Leaves are spiny.
Chile Nailwort (*Paroynchia franciscana) Prostrate.
Plantains (*Plantago species)
Four-leaf Allseed (*Polycarpon tetraphyllum) 
Pussy Tails (Ptilotus spathulatus) Brownish cylindrical cluster of flowers.
Annual Buttercup (*Ranunculus sessiliflorus) Slender. Petals small.
Weld (*Reseda luteola) Leafy base. One or more flower spikes.
Docks (Rumex species) Flowers clustered, angular or rounded. 
Annual Pearlwort (*Sagina apetala) Narrow paired leaves. Petals absent or very small.
Roly Poly (Salsola tragus.) A tumbleweed. Northern area.
Field Madder (*Sheradia arvensis)
Solenogyne (*Solenogyne dominii) Rosette of basal leaves. Short thick flower stalk.
Pale Chickweed (*Stellaria pallida) Like Chickweed but petals absent. 
Levantine Chickweed (*Cerastium comatum) Small densly hairy herb. Uncommon.
Cumbungi (Typha species)
Stinging Nettles (Urtica species) Toothed leaves. Stinging hairs.
Rayless Daisy (Brachyscome perpusilla) Petals tiny. Leaves divided. Common.
Rock Correa (Correa glabra) Shrub. Leaves shiny, not hairy. Granite areas.
Common Correa (Correa reflexa) Shrublet. Leaves with stiff hairs. Common.
Star Fruit (Damasonium minus) Broad leaves on slender stalks. Fruit star-shaped. Uncommon.
Austral Carrot (Daucus glochidiatus) Small carrot-like plant. Common.
Field Rush (Luzula meridionalis) Rushlike. Leaves hairy. Common.
Austral Forget-me-not (Myosotis australis) Small curved flower clusters.
Varied Stinkwort (Opercularia varia) Narrow paired stalkless leaves. Clusters of greenish flowers.
Dusty Miller (Spyridium parvifolium) Shrub. Floral leaves powdered white.
Spoon Cudweed (Stuartina muelleri) Spoon-shaped leaves. Common.
Chinese Wormwood (*Artemisia veriotiorum) Brownish-yellow flowers. Herbaceous. Rare.
Australian Carraway Oreomyrrhis eriopoda) Erect. Much divided leaves. Rare.
Shade Pellitory (Parietaria debilis) Shady places. Sprawling.
Chaff Weed (*Lysimachia minima) Small, sub-erect. Damp places. Rare.
Common Pipewort (Eriocaulon scariosum) Erect flower stalk from leafy base. Rare.
Pennyworts Hydrocotyle species) Roundish indented leaves.
Salad Burnet (*Sanguisorba minor) Divided leaves. Erect stalk. Scattered.
Pomax (Pomax umbellata) Herb. Flower stalks rise from a central point. Rare.