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The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 21,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana , and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the ...
This is a list of Australian plants which have had a common name prefixed with the adjective "native".. Early European settlers in Australia were confronted with a large variety of unaccustomed animals and plants, and in many cases gave them familiar names qualified with the adjective "native", based on some fancied resemblance, so what is now a koala was called a "native bear" and the dingo a ...
It includes taxa that are native to Australia. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the flora of Australia defined politically, see Category:Flora of Australia by state or territory. In the WGSRPD, Australia is as politically defined except for the following exceptions:
This native Australian plant grows in well-drained soils which are sandy, loam or clay or sometimes heavier soils or ironstone gravel. [4] [7] [9] [2] [3] It is sometimes near salt pans or granite outcrops and with a variety of vegetation types.
Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and historically eaten by Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native flora, fauna, or fungi used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture.
Exocarpos cupressiformis is a tree belonging to the plant family Santalaceae. [1] Its common names include native cherry, cherry ballart, and cypress cherry. [2] It is a species endemic to Australia. Occasionally, the genus is spelled as "Exocarpus". [3] [4]
Linum marginale, commonly known as native flax or wild flax, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Linaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a perennial herb with few branches, linear leaves, and blue flowers with five usually blue petals with darker veins.
Austrocallerya megasperma, one of several species commonly known as native wisteria, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a woody climber with pinnate leaves and racemes of purple, pea-like flowers.