AU & NZ plant finder

Filtered by Australian climate zones.

98 plant profiles, narrowed to the scale AU & NZ growers actually use — not a generic zone map relabelled.

Showing 48 of 98 plants

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Indian Sweet Clover(senji)

Melilotus indicus

USDA 5-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Lantana(panch phuli)

Lantana camara

USDA 9-11

medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Lemongrass(khawi)

Cymbopogon citratus

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lentil(masoor)

Lens culinaris

USDA 5-10

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Lettuce(salaad patta)

Lactuca sativa

USDA 4-9

food

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Lima Bean(sem)

Phaseolus lunatus

USDA 9-12

food · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Linseed(alsi)

Linum usitatissimum

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal · timber

PIONEER · GRASS

Maize(makai)

Zea mays

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Marigold(genda)

Tagetes erecta

USDA 10-11

medicinal

PIONEER · TREE

Mimosa silk tree(gul-e-abresham)

Albizia julibrissin

USDA 6-9

timber · fuel · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Munj Sweetcane(munj)

Saccharum bengalense

USDA 8-11

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Mustard Greens(sarson saag)

Brassica juncea

USDA 6-11

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Niger(ramtil)

Guizotia abyssinica

USDA 3-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Oats(jai)

Avena sativa

USDA 3-9

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Parsley(aazmoda)

Petroselinum crispum

USDA 5-9

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

USDA 7-10

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Pigeon pea

Cajanus cajan

USDA 9-12

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · TREE

Pongamia karanja(sukh chain (سکھ چین) / karanj (کرنج))

Pongamia pinnata

USDA 10-12

fuel · timber · medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch · windbreak

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Prickly pear cactus(nagphani)

Opuntia ficus-indica

USDA 8-11

food · fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · GRASS

Proso Millet(cheena)

Panicum miliaceum

USDA 4-9

food · fodder

Puncture Vine (Caltrop) (Tribulus terrestris)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Puncture Vine (Caltrop)(bhakra / gokhru)

Tribulus terrestris

USDA 9-11

medicinal · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Purslane(kulfa)

Portulaca oleracea

USDA 9-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Radish(mooli)

Raphanus sativus

USDA 2-11

food

PIONEER · GRASS

Rice(dhan)

Oryza sativa

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Rocket(tara mira)

Eruca sativa

USDA 3-10

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Safflower(kusum)

Carthamus tinctorius

USDA 4-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Sarsaparilla Greenbrier(ushba)

Smilax aspera

USDA 8-11

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sesame(til)

Sesamum indicum

USDA 10-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Siratro(siratro)

Macroptilium atropurpureum

USDA 8-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Smallflower Clematis

Clematis grata

USDA 6-9

medicinal · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Sorghum(jowar)

Sorghum bicolor

USDA 10-12

food · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Soybean(soya bean)

Glycine max

USDA 10-11

food · nitrogen fixing · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spearmint(podina)

Mentha spicata

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spinach(palak)

Spinacia oleracea

USDA 2-11

food

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava) (Boerhavia diffusa)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava)(itsit / punarnava)

Boerhavia diffusa

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Strawberry(strawberry)

Fragaria × ananassa

USDA 3-10

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sunflower(suraj mukhi)

Helianthus annuus

USDA 10-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sweet Potato(shakarqandi)

Ipomoea batatas

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Tagasaste tree lucerne

Chamaecytisus proliferus

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GRASS

Tall Reed(nar)

Phragmites karka

USDA 7-11

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Toria(toria)

Brassica campestris

USDA 6-10

food · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Vetiver(khus)

Chrysopogon zizanioides

USDA 8-11

mulch · medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Warrigal greens

Tetragonia tetragonioides

USDA 8-11

food · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Water Hyssop(brahmi)

Bacopa monnieri

USDA 8-11

medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Watercress(jal kumbhi)

Nasturtium officinale

USDA 6-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Wheat(gandum)

Triticum aestivum

USDA 3-9

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

White Clover(safed clover)

Trifolium repens

USDA 4-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

White Lupin(turmus)

Lupinus albus

USDA 7-10

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

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