Toadflax family : SCROPHULARIACEAE (ASTERIDAE) in Australia
including
Aeginetiaceae, Aragoaceae, Bontiaceae, Buchneraceae, Calceolariaceae , Caprariaceae, Erinaceae, Euphrasiaceae, Hebenstretiaceae, Limosellaceae, Linderniaceae, Melampyraceae, Oftiaceae, Orobanchaceae, Paulowniaceae, Phelypaeaceae, Pedicularidaceae, Phelypaeaceae, Retziaceae, Rhinanthaceae, Schlegeliaceae, Selaginaceae, Spielmanniaceae, Stilbaceae, Thomandersiaceae, Verbascaceae, and Veronicaceae

Flower
Families
Flowers in Australia
  
  
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Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Artanema fimbriatum
Koala Bells
Talegalla Weir, March 2012
Photo: courtesy of Scott Gavins

Calceolaria crenatiflora
Pocketbook Plant
Sydney, August 2006

Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy Leaved Toadflax
Sydney, August 2006

Nemesia foetens
Nemesia
Sydney, December 2006

Orobanche australiana
Australian Broomrape
Dulkaninna, South Australia
Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens

Paulownia fortunei
Princess Tree
Sydney, October 2007

Sutera cordata
Bacopa

Verbascum thapsus
Great Mullein
Kempsey, October 2006

Veronica calycina
Hairy Speedwell
Wyee, March 2007

Veronica persica
Persian Speedwell
Sydney, August 2006

Veronica plebeia
Trailing Speedwell
Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria
Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens

Caterpillars of some Butterflies and Moths in Australia can utilise species in SCROPHULARIACEAE for their foodplant, including:


Candalides heathi

Junonia orithya

Ciampa arietaria

Pycnarmon cribrata

Platyptilia emissalis

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Australian
Australian Butterflies
butterflies
Australian
Australian caterpillars
Lepidoptera
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Australian Moths
moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 21 May 2020)