Endemic Plants of Kangaroo Island

Endemic: A plant species that will be found growing naturally (without planting) only in a certain region or specified location. Endemic to Kangaroo Island means that the plant grows naturally nowhere in the world except on Kangaroo Island.

This list is not complete as it includes 39 out 45 of the endemic species of Kangaroo Island. The list came from Ann Prescott's "It's Blue with Five Petals: Kangaroo Island Field Guide" which is a great resource.

Acacia myrtifolia var. angutstifolia narrow leaf myrtle wattle

Achnophora tatei Kangaroo Island daisy

Acrotriche halmaturina Kangaroo Island ground-berry

Adenanthos macropodiana silver bush, Kangaroo Island silver bush

Allocasuarina muelleriana vor. notocolpica Kangaroo Island sheoak

Asperula euryphylla var. tetraphylla broad-leaved woodruff - This plant is very rare.

Bertya rotundifolia Kangaroo Island bertya

Beyeria subtecta Kangaroo Island turpentine bush

Brachyloma ericoides var. bicolor brush heath, Kangaroo Island brush heath

Calytrix smeatoniana Kangaroo Island fringe-myrtle

Cheiranthera volubilis twining finger-flower

Correa reflexa var. nummulariifolia round-leaf correa

Cryptandra waterhousii long-leaved cryptandra

Dampiera lanceolata var. insularis Kangaroo Island dampiera

Eucalyptus remota Kangaroo Island mallee ash

Gahnia hystrix spiky saw-sedge

Grevillea muricata Rough-leaved grevillea

Grevillea quinquenervis five-veined grevillea

Grevillea rogersii Rogers grevillea

Hakea aenigma flat-leaved hakea

Irenepharsus phasmatodes Fire-growing irenepharsus - This plant is very rare. It grows to flowering and seed set only in the first year after a bushfire.

Logania insularis island logania

Olearia ciliata var. squamifolia Kangaroo Island fringed daisy-bush

Olearia microdisca small-flowered olearia

Petrophile multisecta Kangaroo Island cone-sticks

Phebalium equestre Kangaroo Island phebalium

Pimelea macrostegia big-headed riceflower

Platysace heterophylla var. tepperi Kangaroo Island platysace

Pultenaea species"A" scrambling bush-pea

Pultenaea teretifolia var. brachyphylla needle-leaf bush-pea

Pultenaea trifida Kangaroo lsland bush-pea

Pultenaea villifera var. glabrescens yellow bush-pea

Spyridium bifidum var. integrifolium forked spyridium - This plant is rare.

Spyridium eriocephalum var. glabrisepalum heath spyridium

Spyridium halmaturinum var. integrifolium Kangaroo Island spyridium

Spyridium halmaturinum var. scabridum Kangaroo Island spyridium

Spyridium tepperianum Kangaroo Island trigger-plant

Tetratheca halmaturina leafless pink-bells

Tetratheca insularis pink-eyes