Plant of the Month
December 2025
All alone, the Western Australian Native Gerbera (Trichocline spathulata) sits, spread out across the southwest and some distance from the 20 other members of the genus native to South America.
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Plant of the Month
November 2025
Bearing a crown of hearts, Gonocarpus cordiger Nees will surely steal yours!
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Plant of the Month
October 2025
While not as well-known as some of the other members of the genus Rhodanthe, which also includes the ‘paper daisies’, Rhodanthe margarethae is a striking species.
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Plant of the Month
September 2025
Being part of a genus that has been around for millions of years, to having a partnership with bacteria, what’s not to love about the Zamia (Macrozamia riedlei)?
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Plant of the Month
August 2025
Corchorus crozophorifolius (Baill.) Burret is a much-branched, spreading to erect shrub growing to 1 m high with a floccose indumentum (covered with tufts of soft hair), usually ferruginous (rust coloured) but sometimes white in the northern part of its distribution.
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Plant of the Month
July 2025
Looks can be deceiving! That is the case with the Nodding Tiurndin (Tribonanthes brachypetala). This is a small tuberous species within the Haemodoraceae family, making it a relative of the iconic Kangaroo Paw.
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Plant of the Month
June 2025
Sometimes tiny plants need time to shine in the spotlight! One such minuscule flower that can be found flowering in June is the York Gum Nancy (Wurmbea drummondii).
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Plant of the Month
May 2025
Native Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) is a slender pyramidal shrub or tree usually 2–4 m high, but reportedly up to 10 m tall.
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Plant of the Month
April 2025
Physarum pusillum is a distinctive slime mould characterised by a globose sporotheca ornately covered with lime scales, borne on a reddish base and stalk.
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Plant of the Month
March 2025
Dictyota cyanoloma is an unusual seaweed, a brown alga that appears blue when living underwater (the name ‘cyanoloma’ means ‘blue fringe’).
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Plant of the Month
February 2025
Blue Hyacinth, a species of Pickerel Weed, is a pretty aquatic herb growing to c. 40 cm high with broad, glossy green leaves that emerge well up above the water.
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Plant of the Month
January 2025
Albany Pitcher Plant (Cephalotus follicularis) is an insectivorous, perennial herb growing to 0.6 m high.
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