Search the Western Australian Flora

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 21,577 records of basic name and descriptive information on the state’s flora — including many lichens, bryophytes and algae, and fungi. Fill in any fields below, and hit Search to get started.

Family	Genus	Species
Infraspecies	Author	Conservation Code   any P1 P2 P3 P4 R X
Current   yes no	Alien   yes no	Informal   any manuscript phrase name
Common Name	NameId	Name Reference
Photo   yes no	Flower colour   black blue brown cream green grey orange pink purple red silver violet white yellow	Flowers in   January February March April May June July August September October November December
Habitat   aeolian beach boulders claypans cliffs coastal crabhole creeks cropland depressions disturbed areas drainage lines dunes floodplains flowing water fresh water gorges gravel pit irrigated areas lawns mangrove swamps outcrops pasture land plateaus ranges road verges roadsides salt lakes salt water sand hills sandplain seasonally - wet areas seepage areas summer-damp swamps undulating country watercourses waterhole winter-wet	Habit   climber grass-like herb mallee shrub tree tree-like monocot	Soil type
Northern   any Central Kimberley Dampierland Northern Kimberley Ord-Victoria Plains Victoria Bonaparte	Eremaean   any Central Ranges Carnarvon Coolgardie Gascoyne Gibson Desert Great Sandy Desert Great Victoria Desert Hampton Little Sandy Desert Murchison Nullarbor Pilbara Tanami Yalgoo	Southwest   any Avon Wheatbelt Esperance Plains Geraldton Sandplains Jarrah Forest Mallee Swan Coastal Plain Warren

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

November PotM: Hibbertia stellaris
1 Nov 2009

This species flowers of orange, or orange/yellow are a striking stand-out attraction in the bushland from August to December.

Species rediscovered after 160 years
30 Oct 2009

Two acacia species have been rediscovered in the central Wheatbelt, one of which had not been sighted since it was first collected 160 years ago. Acacia leptoneura was previously only known from a specimen collected by James Drummond between 1837–48.

New plants discovered in Kimberley
20 Oct 2009

More than 100 new species of plants have been recorded in the Kimberley as scientists begin to discover more about the relatively unknown botanical life of the far reaches of north-west WA.