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Scleranthus biflorus is a cushion-bush found in Australia and New Zealand. Other common names include the knawel and two-flowered knawel or twin-flower knawel. [1] A common plant in grassland, particularly at higher altitudes. It may be in the form of a mat. Or a multi branched, spreading perennial herb.
Ipomoea costata, commonly known as rock morning glory, is an Australian native plant. [2] It is found in northern Australia, from Western Australia, through the Northern Territory, to Queensland. [3] Its tubers provide a form of bush tucker to some Aboriginal peoples, known as bush potato, [4] or (to the Ngururrpa groups in WA), karnti. [5]
The term "bushfood" is one of several terms describing native Australian food, evolving from the older-style "bush tucker" which was used in the 1970s and 1980s. [ citation needed ] In the 21st century, many restaurants are serving emu, crocodile, yabbies and locally sourced eels , and using native plant spices for flavour.
Fielke also co-founded a production company, Australian Native Produce Industries (ANPI). Value-added production emerged in the late 1980s, with products marketed via mainstream retailers. Ian and Juleigh Robbins, established a line of processed sauces, jams and dried spice products through Robin's Foods Pty Ltd. Boutique value-added production ...
Scleranthus annuus L. – German-knotweed, knawel or annual knawel, native to Africa, Europe, Asia and naturalised elsewhere. Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f. – knawel, cushion-bush or two-flowered knawel, native to Australia and New Zealand; Scleranthus brockiei P.A.Will. – native to Australia and New Zealand ...
Leichhardtia australis, commonly known as the bush banana, silky pear or green vine is an Australian native plant. It is found in Central Australia and throughout Western Australia . [ 2 ] It is a bush tucker food used by Indigenous Australians .
The sole species in the genus is Leucophyta brownii, also known as cushion bush. [4] In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze assigned a number of species to this genus in his publication Revisio Generum Plantarum but none of his name combinations have currency, those species being presently divided between the genera Balladonia , Blennospora ...
This is a list of Australian plants which have had a common name prefixed with the adjective "native".. Early European settlers in Australia were confronted with a large variety of unaccustomed animals and plants, and in many cases gave them familiar names qualified with the adjective "native", based on some fancied resemblance, so what is now a koala was called a "native bear" and the dingo a ...