Geijera parviflora [Geijera = after a Swedish botanist, parviflora = small flowers]
A small to medium size tree with a dense rounded crown and branches which hang to the ground unless they have been browsed by stock, when they have the appearance of being neatly trimmed. Leaves have a smell of peppermint when crushed. The flowers are small and white and produce a dark strong honey, and the seed pods are tiny, green, and open to show black seed. Spotted bowerbirds are fond of building their bowers in the protection of a wilga's hanging boughs. It is not certain that these birds are in the park, but they could be.
Family RUTACEAE
Some of the mistletoes which grow on wilgas are host to the Orchard Butterfly and the Nyza Jezebel butterfly.
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