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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 Index
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)
Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistula), Alice Springs, NT
Cassia fistula (Golden Shower Tree)
Cattle Bush (Trichodesma zeylanicum), Central Australia NT
Cattle Bush (Trichodesma zeylanicum)
Common Heath (Epacris impressa)
Parrot Pea (Crotalaria cunninghamii)
Crotalaria
Darwinia wittwerorum (Wittwer's Mountain Bell), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham
Darwinia wittwerorum (Wittwer’s Mountain Bell)
Daviesia oppositifolia (Rattle-pea), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham
Daviesia oppositifolia (Rattle-pea)
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
Leptospermum rotundifolium (Lavender Queen), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Leptospermum
MacDonnell Ranges Cycads at Angkerle Atwatye (Standley Chasm)
MacDonnell Ranges Cycads
Maireana scleroptera
Maireana scleroptera
Mexican Poppy (Argemone ochroleuca)
Mexican Poppy (Argemone ochroleuca)
Minnie Daisy (Minuria leptophylla), south of Alice Springs, NT
Minnie Daisy (Minuria leptophylla)
Wire-Leaf Mistletoe (Amyema preissii)
Mistletoe Family
Nardoo (Marsilea drummondii), Birthday Hole, West MacDonnell Ranges
Nardoo (Marsilea drummondii)
Native Apricot (Pittosporum angustifolium)
Native Apricot (Pittosporum angustifolium)
Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia)
Nuytsia floribunda (Western Australia Christmas Tree), Hopetoun WA © Terry Dunham
Nuytsia floribunda (Western Australia Christmas Tree)
Orange Spade Flower (Hybanthus aurantiacus), Finke Gorge National Park, 2007
Orange Spade Flower (Hybanthus aurantiacus)
Sydney Rock Orchid (Dendrobium speciosum), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Orchidaceae
Orchids of Australia (Orchidaceae) - Ausemade filmstrip
Orchidaceae Index
Broad-leaf Parakeelya (Calandrinia balonensis), south of Alice Springs, NT
Parakeelyas (Calandrinia)
Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum), Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary NT © Dorothy Latimer
Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum)
Perennial Yellow Top (Senecio magnificus), Alice Springs NT
Perennial Yellow Top
Pink Everlasting (Schoenia cassiniana), Alice Springs Desert Park
Pink Everlasting
Pink Rock Wort (Sedopsis filsonii)
Pink Rock Wort (Sedopsis filsonii)
Poached Egg Daisy (Polycalymma stuartii)
Poached Egg Daisy (Polycalymma stuartii)
Buttercup Pigweed (Portulaca intraterranea), Alice Springs Desert Park
Portulaca
King Protea (Protea cynaroides), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW
Proteaceae
Hairy Mulla Mulla (Ptilotus helipteroides)
Ptilotus
Quandong (Santalum acuminatum)
Quandong (Santalum acuminatum)
Resurrection Fern (Cheilanthes lasiophylla)
Resurrection Fern (Cheilanthes lasiophylla)
Rosy Dock (Rumex vesicarius), Alice Springs
Rosy Dock (Rumex vesicarius)
Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)
Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)
Quandong (Santalum acuminatum), Alice Springs Desert Park
Santalum
Santalum murrayanum (Bitter/Weeping Quandong), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Bitter/Weeping Quandong (Santalum murrayanum)
Quandong (Santalum acuminatum), Alice Springs Desert Park
Quandong (Santalum acuminatum)
Bush Tomato (Solanum centrale), Kings Canyon
Bush Tomato
Bush Tomato (Solanum centrale) © Tony Bean, Senior Botanist, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane
Solanum centrale
Bush Tomato (Solanum chippendalei) © Tony Bean, Senior Botanist, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane
Solanum chippendalei
Bush Tomato (Solanum ellipticum)
Solanum ellipticum
Wild Tomato (Solanum quadriloculatum)
Solanum quadriloculatum
Spike Centaury (Schenkia australis), Ilparpa Claypans, Alice Springs
Spike Centaury (Schenkia australis)
Spinifex, East Macdonnell Ranges, NT
Spinifex
Hummock grassland - Spinifex / Triodia, West MacDonnell Ranges, NT
Soft Spinifex (Triodia pungens)
Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)
Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)
Storkbill (Erodium cygnorum), Tanami Rd (nth of Alice Springs) NT
Storkbill (Erodium cygnorum)
Striped Mintbush (Prostanthera striatiflora)
Striped Mintbush
Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa)
Sturt’s Desert Pea, northern
Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa), Alice Springs NT
Sturt’s Desert Pea, pink
Sturt’s Desert Pea, white
Sturt's Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum
Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum)
Callitris pyramidalis (Swamp Cypress), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham
Swamp Cypress (Callitris pyramidalis)
Tall Saltbush (Rhagodia eremaea)
Tall Saltbush (Rhagodia eremaea)
Tangled Leschenaultia (Lechenaultia divaricata), Alice Springs NT
Tangled Leschenaultia (Lechenaultia divaricata)
Tar Vine (Boerhavia coccinea)
Tar Vine (Boerhavia coccinea)
Tribulus eichlerianus, Birthday Waterhole, West MacDonnell Ranges / Tjoritja
Tribulus eichlerianus (Caltrop)
Upside-down Plant (Leptosema chambersii)
Upside-down Plant (Leptosema chambersii)
Urodon dasyphylla, Coolgardie, WA © Marc Newman
Urodon dasyphylla (Mop Bushpea)
Variable Daisy (Brachyscome ciliaris), Binns Track, NT
Variable Daisy (family Brachyscome)
Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)
Waratah (Telopea)
Waratah (Telopea speciosissima), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW
Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)
Gippsland Waratah (Telopea oreades)
Victorian Waratah (Telopea oreades)
Wertabona Daisy (Streptoglossa liatroides), Central Australia NT
Wertabona Daisy (Streptoglossa liatroides)
White Cedar (Melia azedarach), Alice Springs NT
White Cedar (Melia azedarach)
White Indigo (Indigofera leucotricha), Alice Springs NT
White Indigo (Indigofera leucotricha)
White Paper Daisy (Rhodanthe floribunda), Tanami Road (north of Alice Springs), NT
White Paper Daisy (Rhodanthe floribunda)
Wild Passionfruit (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia)
Wild Passionfruit (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia)
Wild Stock (Blennodia canescens), Stuart Highway (south of Alice Springs) NT
Wild Stock (Blennodia canescens)
Woolly-Headed Burr Daisy (Calotis plumulifera), Central Australia NT
Woolly-Headed Burr Daisy (Calotis plumulifera)
Thyreus waroonensis under the Woolly Bush, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Woolly Bush (genus Adenanthos)
Yellow-keeled Swainsona (Swainsona flavicarinata), Alice Springs NT
Yellow-keeled Swainsona (Swainsona flavicarinata)


Also check out our flora index for the following:

Acacia ligulata, Alice Springs NT
Acacia ligulata
Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum)
Needlewood (Hakea leucoptera), Alice Springs NT
Needlewood (Hakea leucoptera)
Bean Tree (Erythrina vespertilio), Alice Springs Desert Park
Batswing Coral Tree (Erythrina vespertilio)
Blue Mallee (Eucalyptus gamophylla)
Blue Mallee (Eucalyptus gamophylla)
Bush Banana on Minni Richi tree
Bush Banana (Marsdenia australis

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 (Erodium 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

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