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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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Acacia
Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws)
Annual Yellowtop (Senecio gregorii)
Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var filiforme (Sea celery)
Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum)
Australian Bluebell (Wahlenbergia)
Australian Glossypium (genus Gossypium)
Banksia Index
Batswing Coral Tree (Erythrina vespertilio)
Billy Buttons (genus Calocephalus)
Birdsville indigo (Indigofera linnaei)
Blue Pincushion (Brunonia australis)
Bush Banana (Marsdenia australis)
Bush Tomato (genus Solanum)
Callistemon
Cape honeysuckle (Tecoma capensis)
Cattle Bush (Trichodesma zeylanicum)
Common Heath (Epacris impressa)
Desert Oaks (Allocasuarina decaisneana)
Drumsticks (Isopogon)
Eremophila
Eucalyptus
Ficus
Flannel Cudweed (Actinobole uliginosum)
Georges Indigo (Indigofera georgei)
Goatshead Burr (Sclerolaena bicornis)
Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum)
Goodenia
Gossypium
Grass and Grasses
Grass Trees
Grevillea
Grey Germander (Teucrium racemosum)
Hakea
Kapok Bush / Desert Cotton (Aerva javanica)
Lambertia sp
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Red Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla), Olive Pink Botanic Garden Gungurru (Eucalyptus caesia subsp magna) Desert Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea Thorntonii) Frankenia muscosa Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa), Northern form Rattlepod grevillea (Grevillea stenobotrya) Desert Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea Thorntonii) Holly Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii) Samphire (Halosarcia spp) at Dalhousie Springs Desert Oak cones and seed pods (Allocasuarina decaisneana) Drumsticks (Isopogon anethifolius) Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) Spinifex / Triodia, Family Poaceae, East MacDonnell Ranges, NT Grass trees on Mount Yulludunida Wild Orange (Capparis mitchellii) at Point Howard Lookout, NT. Common Heath (Epacris impressa) © Ausemade PL Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum) © Ausemade PL Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata) Sturt’s Desert Pea, Alice Springs NT © Ausemade PL Long-leaved Corkwood (Hakea lorea), Alice Springs, NT Grass Triggerplant (Stylidium graminifolium), Mount Kosciuszko, NSW Woolly-Headed Burr Daisy (Calotis plumulifera) Upside-down Plant (Leptosema chambersii) Large Green Pussytail (Ptilotus macrocephalus), Central Australia, NT. Bush banana flower Harlequin Mistletoe (Lysiana exocarpi), Aroona Sanctuary, South Australia. Herbfield at the Eckfords Lookout Red-capped Gum (Eucalyptus erythrocorys) Yellow Billy Buttons (Genus Calocephalus), Central Australia, NT © Ausemade PL Blue Pincushion (Brunonia australis) Orange Spade Flower (Hybanthus aurantiacus), Finke Gorge National Park, 2007 Wax-lip Orchid (Glossodia major), Warrumbungle National Park, NSW. Green Bird Flower (Crotalaria cunninghamii), Binns Track Annual Yellowtop (Senecio gregorii), Alice Springs
Flora Flora 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