Kunzia parvifolia

Violet or Small-leaved Kunzea is a shrub to 1.5m tall, with dense heads of nectar rich, bright purple flowers in spring. Typically flowers around October in Bombay.

Eucalyptus rossii

The Inland Scribbly Gum has a smooth white-grey trunk growing 15-20m. Named after the iconic zig-zag patterns left behind by scribbly gum moth larvae (genus Ogmograptis) boring tunnels through the inner bark.

Grevillea arenaria

The Sand Grevillea is a shrub to 3m with grey-green leaves. Commonly found along the river corridor, it’s an excellent nectar source and bird habitat.

Prostanthera rotundifolia

The Round-Leaf Mint Bush is a shrub to 3m. It has aromatic foliage with medicinal and culinary use.

Patersonia sericea

The Silky Purple Flag is a perennial evergreen herb, with violet coloured flowers opening on sunny spring and summer days.

Diuris sulphurea

The Tiger Orchid is a locally common species, up to 60cm tall. The tubers were a food source for First Nations people.

Wahlenbergia stricta

The Tall Bluebell is a widespread perennial herb to 90cm with blue bell-shaped flowers year round.

Bossiaea bombayensis

The Bombay Bossiaea is a rare shrub only found along the stretch of the Shoalhaven River corridor between Bombay and Warri. It was first described in 2008 by local botanist, Keith McDougall, and named
after the popular swimming spot where it was found.

It typically grows on sandy, rocky terraces above the flood line and is well adapted to drought and fire. It has no leaves, photosynthesising by means of flattened stems or ‘cladodes’. These stems have a zig-zag form and pea-like flowers which appear in October.

Presumed dead after bushfires tore through the Bossiaea’s entire known range in 2019, subsequent population surveys found this tenacious local survived, with hundreds of regenerated plants. Nevertheless, the Bombay Bossiaea was up-listed to Critically Endangered in June 2024.