Plantabulous!

Catherine Clowes is a botanist with a passion for Australian native plants. She works as a biodiversity officer, has a PhD in systematic botany and spends a good chunk of her spare time in her very own Australian native plant garden! She has previously authored Plantastic! A to Z of Australian Plants (CSIRO Publishing, 2021), also illustrated by Rachel Gyan. Rachel Gyan is an illustrator passionate about artful storytelling. Her heart-warming characters are empowered by whimsy, texture and vibrant colour palettes. Rachel enjoys studying Australian flora and wildlife, drawing inspiration from her surroundings to capture the beautiful and sometimes quirky nature of Australia in her work. Rachel was also the illustrator of Plantastic! A to Z of Australian Plants (CSIRO Publishing, 2021), and Wollemi: Saving a Dinosaur Tree (CSIRO Publishing, 2023).

Australia’s fabulous native plants

How to use this book

A – Ant Plant

B – Burrawang

C – Christmas Tree

D – Desert Raisin

E – Epacris

F – Fig

G – Gympie Gympie

H – Hibbertia

I – Illawarra Flame Tree and Illawarra Plum

J – Juncus

K – Kangaroo Grass

L – Lily

M – Mangrove

N – Nothofagus

O – Ophioglossum

P – Pitcher Plants

Q – Quinine Bush

R – Resurrection plants

S – Sturt’s Desert Pea and other Swainsona

T – Thismia

U – Upside-Down Tree

V – Verticordia

W – Waratah

X – Xerochrysum

Y – Yam

Z – Zostera

Map/Where to find the plants

Plant ecoregions

Glossary

Acknowledgements