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Australia has a unique depth of native flora not found anywhere else in the world, that also includes introduced plants, since colonisation. Many of the non indigenous species of flora to Australia from around the world, have seen some become very popular with other species becoming pest plants often within specific regions and zones, or like buffel grass, have become unwanted species that have established themselver across the continent.

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Round-leaf Wattle (Acacia strongylophylla)
Acacia
Anigozanthos sp (Tall Kangaroo Paw), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws)
Annual Yellowtop (Senecio gregorii), Alice Springs NT
Annual Yellowtop (Senecio gregorii)
Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var filiforme (Sea celery), South Coast WA © Terry Dunham
Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var filiforme (Sea celery)
Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum), Emily Gap, East MacDonnell Ranges NT
Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum)
Australian Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gracilis), Alice Springs, NT
Australian Bluebell (Wahlenbergia)
Australian Desert Rose (Gossypium australe) with Australiphthiria sp, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Australian Glossypium (genus Gossypium)
Banksia serrata (Saw Tooth Banksia / Old Man Banksia), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why, NSW
Banksia Index
Bat's Wing Coral Tree (Erythrina vespertilio)
Batswing Coral Tree (Erythrina vespertilio)
Yellow Billy Buttons (Genus Calocephalus), Central Australia, NT
Billy Buttons (genus Calocephalus)
Birdsville indigo (Indigofera linnaei)
Birdsville indigo (Indigofera linnaei)
Blue Pincushion (Brunonia australis)
Blue Pincushion (Brunonia australis)
Bush Banana (Marsdenia australis)
Bush Banana (Marsdenia australis)
Bush Tomato (Solanum centrale), Kings Canyon
Bush Tomato (genus Solanum)
Weeping Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis), Alice Springs NT
Callistemon
Cape honeysuckle (Tecoma capensis)
Cape honeysuckle (Tecoma capensis)
Cattle Bush (Trichodesma zeylanicum), Central Australia NT
Cattle Bush (Trichodesma zeylanicum)
Common Heath (Epacris impressa)
Juvenile to adult stage of the Desert Oaks (Allocasuarina decaisneana)
Desert Oaks (Allocasuarina decaisneana)
Drumsticks (Isopogon)
Showy eremophila (Eremophila racemosa), Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Eremophila
Eucalypt woodland forest, Mount Kaputar, NSW
Eucalyptus
Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park
Ficus
Flannel Cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum), Alice Springs NT
Flannel Cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum)
Georges Indigo (Indigofera georgei)
Georges Indigo (Indigofera georgei)
Goatshead Burr (Sclerolaena bicornis), Ilparpa Claypans, Alice Springs NT
Goatshead Burr (Sclerolaena bicornis)
Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), Alice Springs Desert Park, Alice Springs NT
Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum)
Goodenia vilmoriniae, Redbank Gorge, NT
Goodenia
Sturt's Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum
Gossypium
Wanderrie Grass (Eriachne sp)
Grass and Grasses
Grass trees on Mount Yulludunida
Grass Trees
Honey Grevillea (Grevillea eriostachya), Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Grevillea
Grey Germander (Teucrium racemosum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Grey Germander (Teucrium racemosum)
Fork Leaved Corkwood (Hakea divaricata) © Ausemade PL
Hakea
Kapok Bush (Aerva javanica), Alice Springs NT
Kapok Bush / Desert Cotton (Aerva javanica)
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia sp

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FloraFlora in Australia Flora Index Acacia Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Annual Yellowtop Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var filiforme Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum) Australian Bluebell Australian Gossypium Banksia Batswing Coral Tree Billy Buttons Birdsville Indigo Blue Pincushion Bush Banana Callistemon Callitris drummondii (Drummond’s Cypress Pine) Calothamnus quadrifidus Cape Honeysuckle Cassia fistula (Golden Shower) Cattle Bush Common Heath Crotalaria Darwinia wittwerorum (Wittwer’s Mountain Bell) Daviesia oppositifolia (Rattle-pea) Desert Oaks Drumsticks Eremophila Eucalyptus Ficus Flannel Cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum) Georges Indigo Goatshead Burr (Sclerolaena bicornis) Golden Everlasting Goodenia Gossypium Grass and Grasses Grass Trees Grevillea Grey Germander Hakea Kapok Bush (Aerva javanica) Lambertia sp Leptospermum MacDonnell Ranges Cycad Maireana scleroptera Mexican Poppy Minnie Daisy Mistletoe Family Nardoo Native Apricot Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia Nuytsia floribunda Orange Spade Flower Orchidaceae Parakeelyas (Calandrinia) Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum) Perennial Yellow Top Pink Everlasting Pink Rock Wort Poached Egg Daisy Portulaca Proteaceae Ptilotus Quandong Resurrection Fern Rosy Dock Ruby Saltbush Santalum Solanum Spike Centaury Spinifex Storkbill (Erodum cygnorum) Striped Mint Bush Sturt’s Desert Pea Sturt’s Desert Rose Tall Saltbush Tangled Leschenaultia Tar Vine Tribulus eichlerianus Upside-down Plant Urodon dasyphylla Variable Daisy Waratah (Telopea) Wertabona Daisy White Cedar (Melia azedarach) White Indigo White Paper Daisy Wild Passionfruit Wild Stock Woolly-Headed Burr Daisy Woolly Bush Yellow-keeled Swainsona