FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora

Names, Descriptions, Photos & Maps

Find plants by scientific or common name, synonym, colour & more.

Western Australia’s Journal of Systematic Botany.

Identify a plant using morphology and geography.

Search within 751,805 voucher specimens collected State-wide.

Find scientific publications relevant to the Western Australian Flora, sourced internationally.

We highlight a green plant, alga or fungus found in Western Australia each month.

Find out what DPaW staff have been doing with plant data.

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The Western Australian Herbarium has adopted a new plant family arrangement. More…

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Nymphaea macrosperma is an attractive emergent water plant with deep blue, sometimes pink or white flowers that extend to 30 cm above the water.

A new Pilbara Hibiscus and a new NT Acacia are among the research findings published today.

A summary of last year’s changes to our vascular plant census was published yesterday along with papers on Styphelia, Hibbertia and Ptilotus.