Botanical

Russell lupins in full bloom in the mountainous region of Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Russell Lupins, Lupinus polyphyllus - Lake Tekapo

A pair of cylindrical old man Banksias flowers

Old man Banksia, Banksia serrata

A flowering narrow-leaved paperbark tree also known as snow-in-summer

Flax-leaved Paperbark, Melaleuca linariifolia

A staghorn fern growing in the rainforest at Central Station, on K'gari/ Fraser Island in the Great Sandy National Park

Staghorn Fern, Platycerium superbum

The flowering branches of southern silky oak

Southern silky oak, Grevillea robusta

The pink flowers of a yellow gum eucalyptus tree

Yellow gum, Eucalyptus leucoxylon

This renowned native conifer of Tasmania has celery-like leaves which are actually flattened stems or cladodes

Celery-top pine - Phyllocladus aspleniifolius

The distinctive scribbles often found on the scribbly gum bark are caused by the scribbly gum moth (genus Ogmograptis)

Scribbly gum, Eucalyptus racemosa

An Australian painted lady butterfly perched on an everlasting strawflower in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Cranbourne

Everlasting strawflower, Xerochrysum bracteatum and Australian painted lady, Vanessa kershawi

A flowering old man or saw-tooth Banskia as found in the Blue Mountains National Park in New South Wales

Old man Banksia, Banksia serrata

Red and yellow kangaroo paws as found in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne

Kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos flavidus

Russell lupins in full bloom at the edge of Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand

Russell Lupins, Lupinus polyphyllus - Lake Tekapo

A towering kauri tree in the largest remaining tract of native forest in Northland, New Zealand

Kauri tree, Agathis australis - Waipoua Forest

Ancient moss covered myrtle-beech trees in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania

Myrtle-beech trees, Nothofagus cunninghamii - Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Snow covered pandani or giant grass tree in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania

Pandani, Richea pandanifolia - Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

The waxy pink flowers of the Grevillea "Elegance" named after Charles F. Greville, founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and A.S. Johnson, ex-director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens

Grevillea "Elegance", Grevillea longistyla x johnsonii

Neinei, also known as spider wood, is endemic to New Zealand and only occurs in the northern half of the North Island, often in kauri forests

Spider wood, Dracophyllum latifolium

Tāne Mahuta is a giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest of Northland region, New Zealand. Its age is unknown but is estimated to be between 1,250 and 2,500 years. It is the largest kauri known to stand today

Tāne Mahuta, Waipoua Forest

The giant moss is the tallest self-supporting moss in the world. The botanical name Dawsonia is a tribute to the English botanist Dawson Turner.

Giant moss, Dawsonia superba

Commonly known as strangler fig, Watkins' fig, nipple fig or the green-leaved Moreton Bay fig, this a hemiepiphytic fig is endemic to Australia and can be found in the subtropical rainforest at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve

Watkins Fig, Ficus watkinsiana - Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve

The seeds pods of the Bald Island marlock or bushy yate, a small tree or mallee native to the south coast of Western Australia

Bald Island Marlock seed pods, Eucalyptus conferruminata

A mountain devil shrub in bloom, as found in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales

Mountain devil, Lambertia formosa

Bower spinach is a scrambling subshrub that forms dense leafy patches along the coastline on cliffs such as The Nobbies on Phillip Island, Victoria

Bower spinach, Tetragonia implexicoma

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