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The Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) (ANPSA) is a federation of seven state-based member organisations for people interested in Australia's native flora, both in aspects of conservation and in cultivation. A national conference is held biennially for members of the state-based societies. The combined membership is around 9000 people.
Arthropodium milleflorum, the pale vanilla lily, is a species of herbaceous perennial plants native to Australia. [2] It occurs in various habitats including alpine areas and grows to between 0.3 and 1.3 metres high and 0.3 metres wide. [3] [4] The fleshy tubers were eaten by Aboriginal Australians. [5]
It is also known as the native orange, [4] native pomegranate, and bumble tree. [5] It is known in the Arrernte language of Central Australia as merne atwakeye , in the Adnyamathanha language of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia as iga [ 6 ] or iga warta , [ 7 ] and in the Gamilaraay language as bambul .
Set on 2.4 hectares of land on the outskirts of Wollongong, the Illawarra Grevillea Park is a not-for-profit botanical garden featuring multiple display gardens primarily consisting of grevillea species, cultivars and hybrids, as well as a variety of other Australian native plants and a native rainforest.
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 ...
Santalum acuminatum, the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especially its edible fruit, is also commonly referred to as quandong or native peach.