Plant of the Month
December 2024
The delicate appearance of these flower heads gives the plant one of its common names, Blue Lace Flower. It is also sometimes referred to as the Rottnest Island Daisy. However, this is a misnomer.
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Plant of the Month
November 2024
Thryptomene decussata is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–3 m.
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Plant of the Month
October 2024
White Banjine is an attractive, erect shrub usually 0.5–1 m high, with dark green, ovate, pointed-tipped leaves and terminal white flowerheads.
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Plant of the Month
September 2024
Triumfetta tenuiseta is a perennial shrub growing to 1 m high with spreading or ascending branches.
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Plant of the Month
August 2024
Cotton Bush is a much-branched, silver, grey-green shrub 10–120 or more cm tall and across.
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Plant of the Month
July 2024
Introducing Clandestine Triggerplant, an undescribed species of Stylidium from the eastern Kimberley and adjacent Northern Territory.
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Plant of the Month
June 2024
Grevillea miniata is an open, spreading to erect shrub or tree, growing to 1.8–5 m high.
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Plant of the Month
May 2024
This month, we highlight one of our non-plant taxa, the eye-catching Pretzel Slime Mould.
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Plant of the Month
April 2024
Cork Hopbush is a member of the small family Zygophyllaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.
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Plant of the Month
March 2024
Every March, we highlight one of Western Australia’s seaweeds, and this month, we have Rhipilia psammophila (the ‘sand-loving’ Rhipilia), a new species that was described in late 2023.
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Plant of the Month
February 2024
Gomphrena flaccida is an erect, single-stemmed annual growing to 1 m high with masses of globe-shaped, bright pink-purple flowers that are clustered in dense, terminal spikes.
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Plant of the Month
January 2024
The distinctive feature of this grass is the inflorescence, a dense ovoid panicle with protruding awns resulting in a relatively soft hedgehog-like appearance.
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