flora Archives

The sensitive plant

Known also as tickle-me plant, touch-me-not, shy plant, humble plant and sleeping grass, this weed has intrigued naturalists for hundreds of years.

Fringed wattle (Acacia fimbriata) is found natively in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland.

The world was taken over by an Australian plant long before our eucalypts and wattles were grown abroad, says Tim Low.

They’re the quintessential Aussie battlers, digging their roots into WA’s sandy soils and thriving.

Incredible high-speed video shows how ‘splash-cup’ plants use raindrops to spread their seeds.

Mining threatens iron formations on the Helena and Aurora Range, home to several endemic species of flower.

In honour of Spring, frolic through some of Australia’s finest flora.

Wildflowers of Western Australia are a site to see, finds Online Editor, Carolyn Barry.

An Australian orchid thought to have gone extinct 70 years ago has been rediscovered in Victoria.

The first day of spring is the little-known but uniquely Australian celebration – National Wattle Day.