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Flowers of Oceania

Wattle, waratah and kangaroo paw, pohutukawa, frangipani and the lei of the Pacific. 124 pages on Phool so far.

🇦🇺 Australia 216🇳🇿 New Zealand 78🇫🇯 Fiji 13🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 9🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 8🇼🇸 Samoa 6🇻🇺 Vanuatu 6🇫🇲 Micronesia 5🇹🇴 Tonga 5🇰🇮 Kiribati 1🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 1🇳🇷 Nauru 1🇵🇼 Palau 1🇹🇻 Tuvalu 1
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Eucalyptus The tall, aromatic trees and shrubs known as gum trees or eucalypts 🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree Acacia Shrubs and trees with golden or cream puffball flowers, native mostly to Australia 🇦🇺 Australia and 6 more · Wildflower Forget-me-notMyosotis Small blue wildflowers known for remembrance and love 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 7 more · Wildflower KōwhaiSophora microphylla New Zealand’s bright yellow flowering tree with weeping branches 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree Weeping bottlebrushMelaleuca viminalis A red-flowered Australian tree with weeping branches and bottlebrush blooms 🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Flowering tree MaileAlyxia stellata A fragrant Hawaiian vine used in lei and local tradition 🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower Red-and-green kangaroo pawAnigozanthos manglesii The red and green floral emblem of Western Australia 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Golden everlastingXerochrysum bracteatum Papery yellow or white daisy flowers native to Australia, lasting long after picking 🇦🇺 Australia and 6 more · Wildflower Bull banksiaBanksia grandis A tall, fire-resistant tree with large lobed leaves and pale yellow flower spikes 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree BottlebrushCallistemon Shrubs with brush-shaped flowers native to Australia 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ A red-flowered Australian shrub named for a gardener’s daughter 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub Emu BushEremophila A group of Australian shrubs with tubular flowers in arid zones 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Flowering shrub Darwinia Australian shrubs with bell-like flowers wrapped in colourful bracts 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub Coast banksiaBanksia integrifolia A hardy Australian tree with pale yellow flower spikes and two-toned leaves 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree Common red bottlebrushMelaleuca citrina A hardy Australian shrub with bright red brush-like flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub Gippsland waratahTelopea oreades A tall Australian shrub with crimson flower heads in late spring 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree SmokebushConospermum Australian shrubs with misty blue or grey flower heads that look like smoke 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub Philotheca A group of Australian shrubs with delicate five-petalled flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub Kaka beakClianthus puniceus A New Zealand shrub with curved red flowers like a parrot’s beak 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 2 more · Flowering shrub Clematis paniculatapuawānanga A white-flowered climbing vine native to New Zealand forests 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Wildflower Wallum banksiaBanksia aemula Australian coastal shrub with green-yellow flower spikes that open from the base up 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub Sydney golden wattleAcacia longifolia A fast-growing Australian shrub or tree with golden flower spikes and bead-like seed pods 🇦🇺 Australia and 3 more · Flowering shrub Silver sennaSenna artemisioides A yellow-flowered shrub native to dry regions of Australia 🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower Cooktown orchidDendrobium bigibbum A lilac-purple orchid from Queensland, the floral emblem of the state 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower Guettarda speciosa A coastal shrub with fragrant white flowers found on tropical beaches 🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower Spear thistleCirsium vulgare Tall, spiny thistle with purple flowers and a symbol of Scotland 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower Red gingerAlpinia purpurata A tropical plant with vivid red bracts often used in bouquets and ceremonies 🇼🇸 Samoa and 7 more · Wildflower WaxflowerChamelaucium Evergreen shrubs with waxy, aromatic flowers from Western Australia 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower Kangaroo paw Unusual tubular flowers from south-western Australia, shaped like a kangaroo’s paw 🇦🇺 Australia and 3 more · Wildflower Tahitian gardeniaGardenia taitensis A fragrant white flower woven into Pacific island garlands and oils 🇹🇴 Tonga and 1 more · Garden flower Common GorseUlex europaeus A tough, spiny yellow-flowered shrub of Western Europe 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 6 more · Flowering shrub Illawarra flame treeBrachychiton acerifolius A tall Australian tree with bright red bell-shaped flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree PōhutukawaMetrosideros excelsa A coastal tree from New Zealand with vivid red summer flowers 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree Yellow Flame TreePeltophorum pterocarpum A tall tree with masses of golden yellow summer flowers 🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree Pride of MadeiraEchium candicans A tall blue-flowered shrub native to Madeira, grown in gardens worldwide 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower Grevillea Evergreen shrubs and trees with distinctive spider-like flowers 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower Geraldton waxChamelaucium uncinatum A hardy Australian shrub with long-lasting white or pink flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Boronia A genus of fragrant shrubs mostly found in Australia’s open forests 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower New South Wales waratahTelopea speciosissima Large red flowered shrub and emblem of New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower Yellow ʻilimaSida fallax A golden-yellow flower woven into Hawaiian and Pacific Island garlands 🇰🇮 Kiribati and 2 more · Wildflower PipewortEriocaulon Small wetland flowers found across tropical and temperate regions 🇦🇺 Australia and 4 more · Wildflower Pink and white everlastingRhodanthe chlorocephala A small Australian wildflower with papery pink, white, or yellow blooms 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Banksia Australian wildflowers with tall flower spikes and woody cones 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower FeatherflowerVerticordia Woody Australian shrubs with feathery, colourful flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Wreath LechenaultiaLechenaultia macrantha A low-growing Australian wildflower with yellow and red-pink blooms in a ring shape 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Spider orchidsCaladenia Hairy-leaved ground orchids with intricate, insect-attracting flowers 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower Epacris impressa A small Australian shrub with tubular red, pink or white flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Banksia serrata A rugged Australian tree with chunky flower spikes and toothed leaves 🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree
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