WA Native Plants
The use of Western Australian native plants in home gardens will help conserve the flora of Western Australia and preserve our natural water resources.
The Friends of Kings Park propagate native plants in their nursery within Kings Park. These high quality, rare and unusual plants are available at the Friends quarterly plant sales with many plants not available from commercial nurseries.
The Backyard Botanicals garden which surrounds Zamia Café at May Drive Parkland, Kings Park provides a visual display of the best plants to grow in Perth gardens.
Native Plant Search
Our plant database contains over 1,300 Western Australian native plants. Links are provided where possible to FloraBase where you’ll find further information about each species.
Not all plants in this database are available from each Friends of Kings Park Plant Sale. Plant sale species lists change for each sale. Unfortunately we are unable to take orders, but you could contact the Friends office to request plant species you’d like to see propagated for a future sale.
The information provided here is a general guide only: plants are sensitive to such factors as soil types, water volumes and other geographical factors.
Please select the characteristics you would like or type a colour or design feature in the search space.
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Acacia heteroclita | Upright, rounded, dense, medium, ornamental shrub. Grows 1.5-2 m h x 2 m w. Long green phyllodes. Profuse golden flowers in Sept-Oct. Partial to full sun in well-drained light to heavy soils. |
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Acacia hilliana | Low-growing spreading shrub from NW WA. Grows 0.3-1 m h x 1-2 m w. Linear sticky dull green foliage. Very attractive bright gold spike flowers from March-Oct. Grows in well-drained soils in full sun or in pots. |
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Acacia huegelii | Compact low plant. Grows 0.2-0.5 m h x 0.5-1 m w. Hairy or glabrous triangular shaped foliage. Abundant cream to light yellow flowers from Oct-Feb. Grows in part shade to full sun in sandy or gravelly soils. |
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Acacia idiomorpha | Compact dwarf shrub to 0.3-1 m h x 1-2 w. Hairy, prickly foliage. Large, bright golden, globular flowerheads in Aug-Sept. Very profuse. Sunny position. Well-drained light to medium soils. |
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Acacia inaequiloba | Low plant to 0.3-0.6 m h. Bluish, prickly foliage. Flowers are short, oblong golden rods from July-Sept. Full sun in light to medium well-drained sandy soils. |
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Acacia incurva | An open spreading shrub. Grows 0.5-1 m x 1-1.5 m w. Linear pungent foliage. Attractive golden ball-shaped flowers from May-Sept. Grows in well-drained soils in part to full sun. |
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Acacia inophloia | Fibre-barked Wattle | Graceful, upright wattle. Grows 3-4 m h x 3-4 m w. Fibrous, string-like “Minnie-ritchie” bark. Needle-like foliage. Abundant yellow rod-shaped flowers from Sept-Nov. Well-drained light to medium soils in full sun. Conservation status: Priority 3. |
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Acacia insolita subsp. insolita | Small erect shrub. Grows 0.3-1.2 m h x 0.5-1.5 m w. Feathery pinnate foliage. Terminal clusters of cream to yellow pom-pom flowers from June-Sept. Grow in well-drained soils in part to full sun or in containers. |
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Acacia jibberdingensis | Jibberding Wattle | Ornamental large shrub to small tree, 3-5 m h x 3-4 m w. Long fine dark green foliage. Deep yellow-golden rod shaped flowers from May-Dec. Best in well-drained soils in fairly dry spot. Part to full sun. |
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Acacia karina | Karina’s Wattle | Upright medium shrub. Grows 1-3 m h x 1-2 m w. Long, fine mid-green foliage. Very attractive light golden catkin-shaped flowers from May-June. Grows in well-drained acidic clay-loam soils in full sun. Consevation status: Priority 1. |
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Acacia lachnophylla | Dwarf spreading shrub. Grows 0.2-0.3 m h x 0.5-1 m w. Fine foliage. Profuse, small, golden flowers from Sept-Nov. Well-drained soils in partial to full sun. Good ground cover. |
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Acacia lanuginophylla | Spreading domed shrub. Grows 0.3-1 m h x 1.5-2.5 m w. Densely hairy grey foliage. Yellow flowers from July-Oct. Grows in well-drained soils in part to full sun. Conservation status: Declared Rare |
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Acacia laricina var. laricina | Dwarf domed spreading shrub, 0.3-0.5 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Dark green fine prickly foliage. Cream to yellow-cream flowers in spring. Well-drained soils in full sun. |
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Acacia lasiocalyx | Silver Wattle | Single-trunked, large to tall shrub or tree. Grows 2-5 m h x 3-4 w. Branches have silvery bloom. Phyllodes long, curved. Bright yellow spikes 3-4 cm long from Aug-Oct. Sunny position in well-drained soils. |
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Acacia lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa | Panjang (Dune Moses) | Dense rounded to spreading prickly shrub. Grows 0.5-1 m h x 0.5-1.5 m w. Feathery foliage. Abundant golden yellow flowers from July-Oct. Does well in part to full sun in a range of soils. Does well in limestone and in coastal situations. |
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Acacia lasiocarpa var. sedifolia | Dense spreading low plant. Grows 0.5-1 m h x 0.5-1.5 m w. Feathery foliage. Abundant yellow flowers from Jun-Sep. Does well in part to full sun in a range of soils. |
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Acacia lateriticola | Attractive small shrub. Grows 0.5-1.5 m h x 1-2 m w. Feathery, hairy foliage. Profuse light yellow flowers in May-Oct. Well-drained soils with partial to full sun. Phytophthora resistant. |
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Acacia leioderma | Attractive medium shrub. Grows 1-2 m h x 2-3 m w. Feathery, green foliage. Profuse yellow flowers from Aug-Nov. Well-drained sandy soils in dappled shade to partial sun. |
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Acacia leptalea | Chinocup Wattle | Attractive medium shrub, up to 1.7 m h x 2 m w. Globular yellow flowers are abundant on outer branchlets. Flowers July-Oct. Grows in sandy-loamy soils in full sun. Conservation status: Declared Rare. |
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Acacia leptospermoides ssp. leptospermoides | Low spreading shrub. Grows 0.5-1 m h x 1-2 m w. Grey-green foliage. Bright yellow ball-shaped flowers from Aug-Oct. Well-drained light to medium sandy soils in a sunny position. |
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Acacia leptospermoides ssp. leptospermoides | Prostrate form | Prostrate spreading shrub.Grows 0.1 m h x 1 m w. Mid green fine foliage. Abundant bright yellow ball-shaped flowers from June-Sept. Grows in well-drained sandy or gravelly soils in part to full sun. Good container plant. |
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Acacia leptospermoides ssp. obovata | Upright open small shrub. Grows 0.4-1.5 m h x 0.5-1.2 m w. Ovate-shaped foliage. Golden ball-shaped flowers from June-Aug. Grows in well-drained soils in part to full sun. Conservation status: Priority 2. |
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Acacia lineolata ssp. multilineata | Dense rounded small shrub. Grows 0.5-1.5 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Grey-green sickle-shaped foliage. Ball-shaped yellow flowers from Jun-Aug. Grows in well-drained sandy soils in full sun. Conservation status: Priority 1. |
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Acacia littorea | Dense compact shrub. Grows 1-2.5 m h x 1.5-2.5 m w. Light green triangular pungent foliage. Abundant lemon yellow ball-shaped flowers from Aug-Nov. Grows in coastal situations on sandy soils in full sun. Limestone tolerant. |
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Acacia longiphyllodinea | Long-leaved Wattle | Wiry medium shrub. Grows 2-3 m h x 1-3 m w. Very long bluish green leaves. Yellow rod-shaped flowers from Aug-Oct. Grows in well-drained sandy soils in full sun. |
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Acacia luteola | Yellow Autumn Wattle | Attractive low compact shrub. Upright to 0.7 m h x 0.5-1 m w. Ferny foliage. Pale yellow flowers in spikes from Feb-Sept. Well-drained soils in dappled to full sun. Good container plant. |
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Acacia maxwellii | Prostrate or low growing shrub, 0.1-0.4 m h x 0.5-1.5 m w. Mid-green foliage. Pale yellow to cream flowers from Sep-Oct. Grows in well-drained soils in sunny locations. |
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Acacia megacephala | Prostrate Form | Prostrate growing shrub. Grows 0.2-0.5 m h x 1-2.5 m w. Pinnate blue-green foilage with spiny branches. Abundant deep yellow ball-shaped flowers from July-Sept. Grow in light to medium soils in part to full sun.Conservation status: Priority 3. |
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Acacia merinthophora | Very ornamental medium shrub. Grows 3 m h x 2-3 m w. Has weeping branches arranged in a zig-zag pattern. Attractive golden rod flowers from April-Sept. Well-drained light to medium soils in part to full sun. |
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Acacia merrallii | Merrall's Wattle | Adaptable spreading shrub. Grows 1-1.5 m h x 2 m w. Grey-green foliage. Profuse yellow flowers are borne fromn Aug-Oct. Well-drained soils with partial to full sun. |
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