Dysentry bush
Botanical name: Alyxia buxifolia
Common name: Dysentry bush
Description: Erect to spreading shrub, 1.5m high. Flowers are white from October to November.
Soil/habitat: Coastal dunes and limestone.
Mangles Kangaroo Paw
Botanical name: Anigozanthos manglesii
Common name: Mangles Kangaroo Paw, Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
Noongar name: Kurulbrang, Nollamara, Yonga Marra, Knulbora
Description: Rhizomatous, perennial, herb, 0.2-1.1m high. Flowers are green & red from Aug to Nov.
Soil/habitat: White, yellow or grey sand, sandy loam.
Cultural use: The roots were eaten either raw or roasted in hot ashes. Sometimes roots were ground into a paste which was then formed into cakes and baked in hot ashes.
Swamp Kangaroo Paw
Botanical name: Anigozanthos viridis
Common name: Green Kangaroo Paw, Swamp Kangaroo Paw
Noongar name: Koroylbardany, Koroylbardang
Description: Rhizomatous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.85m high. Flowers are green/yellow-green from Aug to Oct.
Soil/habitat: Sand, loam, clay. Winter-wet areas.
Cultural use: The roots were eaten either raw or roasted in hot ashes. Sometimes roots were ground into a paste which was then formed into cakes and baked in hot ashes.
Broad Twig Sedge
Botanical name: Baumea preissii
Common name: Broad Twig Sedge
Description: Large rhizomatous perennial sedge, 1.5m high. Flowers are brown from September to October.
Soil/habitat: Watercourses, lakes and swamps.
Ruby Salt Bush
Botanical name: Enchylaena tomentosa
Common name: Ruby Salt Bush
Description: Prostrate to erect shrub, 0.1-0.6m high. Flowers from May to Sep.
Soil/habitat: Variety of soils, often saline.
Cultural use: Button shaped berries are red when ripe. Eaten as a fresh snack food or dried and soaked in water and reconstituted later. The fruits have a black stone inside that is edible. Leaves can be boiled or steamed and eaten.
Coastal Boobialla
Botanical name: Myoporum insulare
Common name: Coastal Boobialla, Native Juniper
Noongar name: Boobiala
Description: Dense, low spreading or erect shrub or tree (occasionally), 0.25m-5m high. Flowers are white from Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb.
Soil/habitat: White/grey sand. Coastal dunes and limestone.
Cultural use: Fruits are edible when ripe (bitter and salty).