# List of Australian plants termed "native"

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 "native dog". Many of these terms are of historic interest only.
| Name | Old binomial name | Modern synonym | Notes |
| Native apple | | | |
| → Apple berry | Billardiera scandens | | bush food |
| → Black apple | Achras australis | Pouteria australis or Planchonella australis | brush apple, wild plum |
| → Emu apple | Owenia acidula | | mooley apple |
| → Logan apple | Acronychia acidia | Acronychia imperforata | Fraser Island apple |
| → Mulga apple | Acacia aneura | | the "apple" is an edible insect gall |
| → Oak apple | Casuarina stricta | Allocasuarina verticillata | young cones may be chewed |
| → Rose apple | Owenia cerasifera | Owenia acidula var. | sweet plum |
| Native arbutus | Gaultheria hispida | | snowberry, chucky chucky; edible |
| Native banana | Musa banksii Musa hillii Musa fitzalani | Musa banksii varieties ? | |
| Native banyan | Ficus rubiginosa | | rusty fig, Port Jackson fig |
| Native beech | Callicoma serratifolia | | black wattle, wild quince |
| Native blackberry | Rubus moluccanus Rubus parvifolius Rubus rosifolius | | Molucca bramble Japanese bramble Mauritius raspberry |
| Native borage | Pollichia zeylanica | Trichodesma zeylanicum | Northern bluebell, camel bush, horse bush |
| Native box | Bursaria spinosa | | boxthorn, native olive |
| Native bread | Polyporus mylitta | Laccocephalum mylittae | edible, though not tasty, fungus |
| Native broom | Viminaria denudata | | |
| Native burnet | Acaena ovina | Acaena agnipola x Acaena echinata | Australian Sheep's Burr |
| Native cabbage | Nasturtium palustre | Rorippa palustris | not endemic to Australia |
| Native carrot | Daucus brachiatus | Daucus glochidiatus | not endemic to Australia |
| Native cascarilla | Croton verreauxii | | green native cascarilla |
| Native celery | Apium australe Apium prostratum | | not endemic to Australia Tasmanian species |
| Native centaury | Erythraea australis | Schenkia australis | |
| Native cherry | Exocarpus cupressiformis | | |
| Native cranberry | Pernettya tasmanica | Gaultheria tasmanica | native to Tasmania |
| Native cranberry | Styphelia sapida | Lissanthe sapida | |
| Native cranberry | Styphelia humifusa | Astroloma humifusum | |
| Native cumquat | Atalantia glauca | Eremocitrus glauca | desert lemon, desert lime |
| Native currant | Coprosma billardieri | Coprosma quadrifida | |
| Native currant | Leucopogon richei | | |
| Native currant | Myoporum serratum | Myoporum insulare | blueberry tree, native juniper |
| Native daisy | Brachycome decipiens | Brachyscome decipiens | |
| Native damson | Nageia spinulosa | Podocarpus spinulosus | native plum |
| Native dandelion | Podolepis acuminata | Podolepis robusta | mountain lettuce |
| Native daphne | Myoporum viscorum | Myoporum viscosum | dogwood, waterbush |
| Native date | Capparis canescens | | |
| Native deal | Nageia elata | Podocarpus elatus | |
| Native elder Native elderberry | Sambucus xanthocarpa Sambucus gaudichaudiana | Sambucus australasica Sambucus gaudichaudiana | white elderberry; edible |
| Native flax | Linum marginale | | |
| Native fuchsia | Correa speciosa | Correa reflexa var. speciosa | eastern correa |
| Native fuchsia | Eremophila maculata | | spotted fuchsia-bush |
| Native furze | Hakea ulicina | | furze hakea |
| Native ginger | Alpinia caerulea | | Australian ginger; edible |
| Native grape | Vitis hypoglauca | Cissus hypoglauca | Gippsland grape; edible |
| Native hickory | Acacia leprosa | | cinnamon wattle |
| Native holly | Coprosma hirtella | | Tasmania |
| Native holly | Lomatia ilicifolia | | |
| Native hops | Dodonaea spp. | various | |
| Native hops | Daviesia latifolia | | hop bitter-pea |
| Native hyacinth | Thelymitra longifolia | | |
| Native indigo | Swainsonia spp. | | |
| Native indigo | Indigofera australis | | Tasmania |
| Native ivy | Muehlenbeckia adpressa | | Macquarie Harbour vine |
| Native jasmine | Ricinocarpos pinifolius | | wedding bush |
| Native juniper | Myoporum serratum | Myoporum insulare | blueberry tree, native currant |
| Native kumquat | Atalantia glauca | Eremocitrus glauca | desert lemon, desert lemon |
| Native laburnum | Goodenia lotifolia | Goodenia | |
| Native laburnum | Cassia marksiana | | |
| Native laurel | Pittosporum undulatum | | mock orange |
| Native laurel | Panax elegans | | light sycamore |
| Native lavender | Styphelia australis | Leucopogon australis | spiked beard-heath |
| Native leek | Bulbine bulbosa | | native onion; poisonous |
| Native lilac | Melia composita | | not endemic |
| Native lilac | Prostanthera rotundifolia | | round-leaf mint bush |
| Native lime | Citrus australasica Citrus australis | | finger lime native orange |
| Native lucerne | Sida rhombifolia | | Queensland hemp; not endemic |
| Native mangrove | Rhizophorea mucronata | Rhizophora mucronata | |
| Native mangrove | Avicennia officinalis | | |
| Native mangrove | Acacia longifolia | | Tasmanian name for Boobialla |
| Native mignonette | Stackhousia linariaefolia | Stackhousia monogyna | creamy candles |
| Native millet | Panicum decompositum | | |
| Native mint | Mentha australis | | river mint, native peppermint |
| Native mistletoe | Loranthus spp. | | |
| Native mulberry | Hedycarya cunninghami | Hedycarya angustifolia | smooth holly |
| Native mulberry | Pipturus propinquus | Pipturus argenteus | Queensland grasscloth plant |
| Native mulberry | Litsaea ferruginea | Litsea spp. | pigeonberry tree |
| Native myrtle | Myoporum serratum | Myoporum insulare | native currant, native juniper, blueberry tree |
| Native nectarine | Owenia acidula | | emu apple |
| Native oak | Casuarina spp. | | |
| Native olive | Bursaria spinosa | | boxthorn, native box |
| Native onion | Bulbine bulbosa | | native leek; poisonous |
| Native orange | Citrus australis | | native lime, finger lime |
| Native orange | Capparis mitchellii | | native pomegranate |
| Native passionflower | Passiflora spp. | | some are indigenous |
| Native peach | Santalum acuminatum Elaeocarpus grandis | | quandong |
| Native pear | Hakea acicularis | Hakea sericea | bushy needlewood |
| Native pennyroyal | Mentha gracilis | Mentha satureioides | creeping mint |
| Native pepper | Piper novae-hollandiae | | |
| Native plantain | Plantago varia | Plantago spp. | |
| Native plum | Nageia spinulosa | Podocarpus spinulosus | native damson |
| Native pomegranate | Capparis nobilis Capparis mitchelli | Capparis arborea Capparis canescens Capparis mitchellii | caper tree wild orange native orange |
| Native potato | Gastrodia sesamoides | | |
| Native quince | Owenia acidula | | emu apple |
| Native quince | Petalostigma quadriloculare | Petalostigma | crab-tree, quinine tree |
| Native raspberry | Rubus gunnianus Rubus rosaefolius | | Tasmania mainland Australia |
| Native rocket | Epacris lanuginosa | | |
| Native sandalwood | Santalum persicarium | Santalum murrayanum | see also Santalum spicatum, Santalum lanceolatum |
| Native sandalwood | Alyxia buxifolia | | sea box, dysentery bush |
| Native sarsaparilla | Hardenbergia monophylla | | |
| Native sassafras | Atherosperma moschatum | | |
| Native scarlet runner | Kennedya prostrata | Kennedia prostrata | scarlet runner |
| Native shamrock | Lotus australis | | |
| Native speedwell | Veronica formosa | | |
| Native tamarind | Diploglottis cunninghamii | | |
| Native tobacco | Cassinia billardieri | Apalochlamys spectabilis | showy cassinia, fireweed |
| Native tobacco | Duboisia hopwoodii | | pituri, pitchery |
| Native tobacco | Nicotiana suaveolens | | |
| Native tulip | Telopea oreades spp. | | waratah |
| Native willow | Acacia longifolia | | |
| Native yam | Dioscorideae hastifoliae | Dioscorea hastifolia | |