In Focus

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.

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.

New to Nuytsia

Newly described species of Acacia (Fabaceae), Acrotriche (Ericaceae) and Amanita (Basidiomycota) are among the research published today.

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.

New to Nuytsia

Novel species of Hypocalymma, Amanita and Pterostylis are among the research published this week by the Western Australian Herbarium.

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.

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.

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.

New to Nuytsia

We end Volume 33 with a baker’s dozen of new Styphelia, a novel Brachyachne, new concepts in the Leptospermum erubescens species group and we bid farewell to the monotypic Western Australian genus Corynanthera.

Plant of the Month

December 2022

Xerochrysum wilsonii is an erect or occasionally decumbent, taprooted, perennial shrub-like herb, growing 30–180 cm high.

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.

Plant of the Month

October 2022

Needle-leaved Smokebush is an erect or straggly shrub growing to 1.7 m tall and, as the common name suggests, it has slender, needle-like leaves up to 10 cm long.