Nature & Wildlife
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.
Tag: flora
Reader Photos
Golden days
Fringed wattle (Acacia fimbriata) is found natively in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland.
Nature & Wildlife
The Aussie bush that hopped
The world was taken over by an Australian plant long before our eucalypts and wattles were grown abroad, says Tim Low.
News
VIDEO: Plants use raindrops to spread seeds
Incredible high-speed video shows how ‘splash-cup’ plants use raindrops to spread their seeds.
News
Iron ore mining threatens rare wildflowers in WA
Mining threatens iron formations on the Helena and Aurora Range, home to several endemic species of flower.
Science & Environment
Gallery: Spring has sprung
In honour of Spring, frolic through some of Australia’s finest flora.
AG Blog
Wildflowers of Perth
Wildflowers of Western Australia are a site to see, finds Online Editor, Carolyn Barry.
AG Blog
‘Extinct’ orchid found after 70 years
An Australian orchid thought to have gone extinct 70 years ago has been rediscovered in Victoria.
History & Culture
History blooms in Cowra, NSW
Every year, a festival in country NSW pays tribute to spring and attempts to heal the rifts of war.
Destinations
IMAGES: Unique islands of New Caledonia
The French territory of New Caledonia is home to scores of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.