Native Plant Profiles

This database of over 700 Australian native plant profiles includes a concise description of each plant, a distribution map, botanical features and cultivation/propagation notes. The database is being continually expanded.

The database may be searched by various criteria such as botanical name, plant genus or family, plant distribution, flowering season, flower colour and plant size.

Search by Botanical Name
Search by Family/Genus
Plant Distribution
- All Distributions
- Canberra
- Hybrid
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Flowering Season
- Autumn
- Spring
- Summer
- Winter
Flower Colour
- Apricot
- Black
- Blue
- Brown
- cream
- crimson
- Gold
- Green
- Grey
- Lilac
- Mauve
- Orange
- Pink
- Purple
- Red
- Scarlet
- Violet
- White
- Yellow
Plant Size*
- Groundcover
- Large
- Medium
- Perennial herb
- Prostrate
- Small
- Tree
- Vine

* The following general size categories are used in the profiles:

Groundcover	Plants up to 300mm high , spreading to 2 metres at maturity
Large	Large shrubs or small trees, 3.0 metres high or taller
Medium	Shrubs from 1.0 to 3.0 metres high with a similar spread at maturity
Perennial herbs	Grasses, terrestrial orchids, tufted plants
Prostrate	Plants less than 150mm high at maturity
Small	Shrubs from about 0.5 to 1.0 metres high with a similar spread at maturity
Tree	Trees greater than 3 metres high with a similar spread at maturity
Vine	Climbing plants

Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus

Acacia amblygona

Acacia baileyana

Acacia baueri

Acacia bifaria

Acacia boormanii

Acacia complanata

Acacia cowleana

Acacia cultriformis

Acacia dawsonii

Acacia dealbata

Acacia decora

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