Australia's native plants are not only beautiful to look at, but many can also be used as medicine and even food!

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Springing out of dry earth, this grey-blue bush may look like common shrubbery, but saltbush is actually one of Australia’s best herbs. The edible plant, which is salty and herby in flavour, is ...

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Australian Trees. The Eucalyptus is the most common tree in Australia. These native Australian plants comprise the most prevalent forest tree on the continent, and the genus has over 2,000 species.

Nettles are described as "a fun plant to play with: soups, omelettes, smoothies". "And it's not the end of the world if you get stung," said Greenway, although the foragers looked unconvinced.

This plant, which shows up even earlier than dandelions, is perhaps the earliest edible of all, Mr. Rosenbaum said. He harvests leaves from the basal rosette when it’s about two to four inches high.