Plant of the Month
October 2023
Albany Catspaw is a perennial herb with strappy, grey-green leaves growing to about 30–40 cm high, with flower stems covered in reddish hairs and about 80 cm tall.
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Plant of the Month
September 2023
Magnificent Prostanthera is part of the mint family (Lamiaceae) and has sweetly scented leaves when crushed.
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Plant of the Month
August 2023
Lechenaultia macrantha (Wreath Leschenaultia) is a small, ground-hugging, sparsely branched shrub growing to around 50 cm high.
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Plant of the Month
July 2023
Lachnostachys verbascifolia var. verbascifolia (Lambs’ Tails) is a tall, stout shrub growing to 2 m high.
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Plant of the Month
June 2023
Shell-leaved Hakea is a compact lignotuberous shrub growing to 1 m high, with white to sometimes pale pink flowers from June to August.
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Plant of the Month
May 2023
Drosera bulbosa (Red-Leaved Sundew) is a tuberous, perennial herb growing to 30mm high, featuring pure white flowers sitting atop a rosette of up to 12 golden yellow to red leaves.
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Plant of the Month
April 2023
It’s not often we get to showcase flora from the Kimberley, but this month’s subject is a stand-out.
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Plant of the Month
March 2023
Padina elegans (Peacock’s Tail) is an unusual species that belongs to the only genus of Australian brown algae that is calcified.
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Plant of the Month
February 2023
Lysiana casuarinae is a broadly circumscribed, aerial, parasitic plant or mistletoe that can be found growing on a range of host species.
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Plant of the Month
January 2023
Beaufortia sparsa (Swamp Bottlebrush) grows to 1–3 m high and produces spectacular, fluorescent, red-orange flowers which are arranged in bottlebrush-like spikes near the ends of the branches that continue to grow after flowering.
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Plant of the Month
December 2022
Xerochrysum wilsonii is an erect or occasionally decumbent, taprooted, perennial shrub-like herb, growing 30–180 cm high.
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Plant of the Month
November 2022
Marianthus granulatus is a very slender, rampant, twiner that grows up to 1.5m high, often covering its support with light green, silky hairy, oblong leaves.
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