| EPACRIS | Chiefly Australian genus of health-like plants (7) |
| WATTLE | Any of various chiefly Australian acacia trees whose flexible branches are used for making fences (6) |
| OUTOFSORTS | In poor health, like an ill-equipped typesetter (3,2,5) |
| VULNERABLE | In precarious health like Bede, needing fuel regularly to replace some energy |
| BANKSIA | Australian genus of trees with dense cylindrical heads of flowers (7) |
| AURINIA | Sadly ruin AI with a - genus of alyssum-like plants (7) |
| KNAUTIA | Genus of scabious-like plants - in UK at a resort (7) |
| SCIRPUS | Genus of grass-like plants, related to sedge, with the common names club-rush, wood club-rush or bulrush (7) |
| BOTANIC | Like plants changed into 13 or 20 (7) |
| TEASELS | Thistle-like plants with seed heads valued as food by goldfinches (7) |
| EUCALYPTUS | Australian genus of tree that drops entire branches to conserve water |
| KANGAROOPAW | Plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos with green-and-red hairy flowers |
| GRASSTREE | Plant of the Australian genus Xanthorrhoea also called blackboy (5,4) |
| REEDSECTION | Perhaps a section of river comprising various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants - or a part of the orchestra! (4,7) |
| HOSTA | Genus of lily-like plants of China and Japan cultivated for its ornamental foliage (5) |
| ERIGERON | Large genus of daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae (composites) commonly known as the fleabanes (8) |
| PSILOTUM | Genus of rootless fern like plants (8) |
| SERRATULA | Genus of thistle-like plants: eg S. tinctoria - aster 'Raul' perhaps (9) |
| RESTIO | Genus of flowering grass or rush-like plants (6) |
| DRYAS | Genus of geum-like plants - upset drays (5) |
