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Search the Flora of Western Australia using extra name and descriptive fields not available through Quick Search (at the top right of screen). The database contains over 22,754 records of name and descriptive information on the state’s flora — including many lichens, bryophytes, algae and fungi.


Alternatively, you can browse the taxonomic hierarchy for information on plant families, genera and species.

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The Western Australian Herbarium has adopted a new plant family arrangement. More…

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New to Nuytsia
9 May 2013
Papers on Pleurocarpaea, Ptilotus, Solanum, Verticordia, Gunniopsis, and the new genus Pilbara are now available for download.
May PotM: Pithocarpa pulchella var. pulchella
1 May 2013
Plant of the Month Two new taxa are now included within the endemic genus Pithocarpa.
April PotM: Solanum zoeae
1 Apr 2013
Plant of the Month A new species of bush tomato from the North Kimberley, with a romantic back-story.