FloraBase is the authoritative source for information about the Western Australian flora. Originally developed in 1995 and launched on the Internet in 1998, FloraBase has now been refined and extended to incorporate even more quality botanical information about our State’s unique plants.

FloraBase integrates data from a number of fundamental datasets including the Census of Western Australian Plants, the Western Australian Herbarium specimen database of over 600,000 vouchered plant collections, and descriptive data for the families, genera and species of vascular plant in Western Australia. Significantly, all these datasets are regularly maintained and updated, providing the FloraBase user with immediate information about the many discoveries and advances regarding Western Australia’s world-renowned flora.

With the release of the latest version of FloraBase in July 2003, this information is even more readily available. Only the specimen data, which includes localities for many rare and threatened species that must be protected, requires registration for access. Information on the names, plant images, distribution maps and descriptions are all freely available.

Open the FloraBase web application. Note that this will open a new browser window.

FloraBase version 1 was a Finalist for Innovation, WA Premier’s Awards 2002