Herbaceous Plants
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is poorly defined. Annuals and perennial herbs were included here. This is retained but Annuals are also separately identified.
Solenostemon scutellaroides (L.) Codd
Frost tender evergreen perennial, usually grown as an annual or short-lived perennial, with semi-succulent stems and ovate, toothed, multi-coloured leaves and terminal racemes of small blue or white flowers throughout the year. They are grown for their ornamental foliage. To 60cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Solidago sempervirens L.
Fully hardy perennial with lance-shaped basal leaves, to 30cm, narrower leaf stems and spikes of ferny yellow flowers in autumn. To 2m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Statice tatarica L.
Perennial with a woody rootstock, tufted, oblong leaves and dense sprays of red flowers. To 45cm. There are a number of garden varieties. [RHSD, Hortus].
Strelitzia alba (L.f.) Skeels.
Frost-tender, clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped leaf blades on long leaf stalks and purple-glaucous spathes with white flowers in spring. To 10m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Strelitzia reginae Banks ex Dryand.
Frost-tender, clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped leaf blades on long stalks and purple- and orange-flushed green spathes with flowers with orange or yellow calyces and blue corollas in winter and spring. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Strelitzia reginae Banks ex Dryand. var. juncea (Ker-Gawl.) H.E.Moore
See Strelitzia reginae Banks ex Dryand. for a description of the species. Juncea is a form with rush-like leaves without leaf-blades, green spathes and flowers with orange calyces and blue corollas from winter to spring. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tagetes coccinea [catalogue error]
Almost certainly an uncorrected error with Thunbergia coccinea intended. Included here to ensure that all catalogued plants are represented.
Tagetes patula L.
Half hardy, compact annual with feathery, pinnate leaves and solitary, often double flower heads in a colour range from yellow to red-brown, self-coloured or multi-coloured, depending on strain, born in succession from late spring to autumn. To 35cm, sometimes taller. There are many garden cultivars. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tephrosia species unidentified
Tephrosia is a genus of about 100 species of mainly herbs and sub-shrubs widely dispersed around the world in warmer climes. [RHSD]. Macarthur’s Tephrosia sp. is possibly Tephrosia grandiflora (L’Hére. ex Ait.) Pers., from South Africa, the only species naturalised in the Sydney area. [Beadle]. This is a frost-tender evergreen shrub with pinnate leaves composed of up to 7 pairs of lance-shaped leaflets, to 2cm long, and short terminal or axillary racemes of red to purple, pea-like flowers. To 1m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims
Frost tender, evergreen, perennial, twining climber, often grown as an annual, with bright orange or yellow flowers with black centres from summer to autumn. A number of garden cultivars are available in a range of colours, sometimes without the dark centre. Readily self-seeds. To 2.5m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims var. alba
See Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims. Alba is a naturally occurring variety with white flowers with a dark centre. [RHSD, Hortus].
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims var. aurantiaca
See Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims. Aurantiaca is a naturally occurring variety with orange or yellow flowers with a dark centre. [RHSD, Hortus].
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims var. fryeri
See Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims. Fryeri has pale yellow flowers with a white centre, probably naturally occurring. [RHSD].
Thunbergia chrysops Hook.
Frost tender annual climber with heart-shaped leaves and blue-violet to purple flowers with yellow eyes in early summer. To 90cm. [RHSD].
Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.
Frost tender, perennial, woody-stemmed climber with triangular leaves, to 7.5cm, and solitary fragrant white flowers with spreading lobes,in summer. To 3m. [RHSD, Hortus].
