Macropidia fuliginosa

Macropidia fuliginosa, the sole species of genus Macropidia, is a perennial rhizotomous flowering plant. Commonly known as the Black Kangaroo Paw, it is endemic to Southwest Australia, specifically from Perth to Geraldton in the north of the region.

A small perennial herb with erect green-yellow leaves, occurring with a height between 0.2 to 1.8 metres in height. The leaves are strap-like, between 200 and 500 mm long, and tightly clustered around ground level. They emerge from a stem beneath the ground, a rhizome, that allows the plants to regenerate after fire. Flowers occur in spring and summer on branched stem to a metre or more. Black hairs occur along the flowers and stems.

Machaeranthera

Machaeranthera is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family which are known by the common name tansyaster. Tansyasters are variable in appearance. Some are small singular wildflowers while others are sprawling shrubs. Several species... more >>>

Venidium

Venidium is a genus of flowering plants in Family Asteraceae. Some species are alternatively placed in genus Arctotis. There are 20 to 30 annual and perennial species of Venidium, mostly in South Africa. Venidium fatuosum (Arctotis fatuosa)... more >>>

Elettaria

Elettaria is a genus of one or two species of cardamoms, native to southeastern Asia from India south to Sri Lanka and east to Malaysia and western Indonesia, where it grows in tropical rainforests.

Some authorities treat the... more >>>

Woodwardia

Woodwardia (chain fern) is a genus of 14-20 species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

They are large ferns, with fronds growing to 50-300 cm long... more >>>

Tecoma

Tecoma is a genus of 14 species of shrubs or small trees in the Bignoniaceae. Twelve species are neotropical while the other two species are African.

The neotropical species range from the extreme southern United States through... more >>>