Threatened plants

Under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 native plants (flora) can be Specially Protected, listed as Threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable) or Extinct in Western Australia.

The Ministerial Guidelines provide further details on the criteria and procedures that apply.

Threatened and priority flora list

Threatened flora listings are reviewed annually. The Threatened Species Scientific Committee reviews recommended changes. The public can submit nominations to add to (or delete from) the Threatened Flora List.

• Biodiversity Conservation Listing of Native Species Flora Order 2022208.28 KB
• 2022 Summary of changes to flora list 202.14 KB
• Threatened and Priority Flora List 6 October 20222.02 MB
  

Changes to the Priority Flora List do not require a nomination form and are reviewed throughout the year. Suggested changes can be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To find the current priority flora listing:

1. 1. Search the Western Australian Flora in FloraBase
   2. Select the priority under Conservation Code.

Data for threatened flora can be requested from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. More information on data searches is available on the Threatened Species and Communities page.

Flora may also be listed as threatened under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the Australian Government’s central piece of environmental legislation.

Threatened and priority flora report form

This is one of the main tools for monitoring threatened plants in Western Australia. 

• Threatened priority flora report form 338 KB (Word version—can be completed electronically, and then printed or emailed for submission)
• Threatened and priority flora report from - field manual1 MB (explanations for the terms used in the form  to ensure consistency).

You also need to complete this form as a condition of some flora licences and Threatened Flora Authorisations.

Licences are required for the taking of native wildlife (plants and animals) in Western Australia.

Please refer to the Western Australian Herbarium to lodge plant specimens for their collection—do not use this form.

Submitting a threatened and priority flora (plant) report form

Send report forms to:

or email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Recovery plans and interim recovery plans for Western Australian plants

General information regarding recovery plans and interim recovery plans for Western Australian threatened species and communities can be found on the Threatened Species and Communities page. Any draft plans that are open for public comment will also be found at Threatened Species and Communities.

List of recovery plans and interim recovery plans

Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. velutinosa283.65 KB	Velvety spiral pod wattle
Acacia aprica413.67 KB	Blunt wattle
Acacia ataxiphylla subsp. magna311.66 KB	Large-fruited Tammin wattle
Acacia auratiflora444.8 KB	Orange-flowered wattle
Acacia awestoniana508.8 KB	Stirling Range wattle
Acacia chapmanii subsp. australis553.89 KB
Acacia cochlocarpa subsp.cochlocarpa443.08 KB	Spiral-fruited wattle
Acacia imitans261.39 KB	Gibson wattle
Acacia insolita subsp. recurva210.6 KB	Yornaning wattle
Acacia lanuginophylla327.22 KB	Woolly wattle
Acacia leptalea158.27 KB	Chinocup wattle
Acacia leptoneura443.52 KB
Acacia lobulata185.43 KB	Chiddarcooping wattle
Acacia pharangites178.73 KB	Wongan Gully wattle
Acacia pygmaea354.25 KB	Dwarf rock wattle
Acacia rhamphophylla345.92 KB	Kundip wattle
Acacia sciophanes459.93 KB	Wundowlin wattle
Acacia splendens375.53 KB	Dandaragan wattle
Acacia subflexuosa subsp. capillata269.87 KB	Hairy-stemmed zig-zag wattle
Acacia unguicula370.4 KB	Nyingarn wattle
Acacia vassalii 478.05 KB	Vassal's wattle
Acacia volubilis290.25 KB	Tangled wattle
Acacia wilsonii715.31 KB	Wilson’s wattle
Acacia woodmaniorum631.88 KB	Woodman's wattle
Adenanthos eyrei142.66 KB	Toolinna adenanthos
Adenanthos dobagii6.66 MB	Fitzgerald Woollybush
Adenanthos ellipticus6.66 MB	Oval-leaved Adenanthos
Adenanthos pungens subsp. effusus261.89 KB	Sprawling spiky adenanthos
Andersonia annelsii394.32 KB
Andersonia axilliflora399.89 KB	Giant Andersonia
Andersonia gracilis428.11 KB	Slender Andersonia
Androcalva adenothalia (formerly Commersonia adenothalia)659.89 KB
Androcalva bivillosa287.37 KB	Straggling Androcalva
Androcalva perlaria1.23 MB	Pearl-like Androcalva
Anigozanthos bicolor subsp. minor262.37 KB	Small two colour kangaroo paw
Austrostipa bronwenae383.04 KB
Austrostipa jacobsiana442.86 KB
Banksia anatona (formerly Dryandra anatona)529.79 KB	Butterfly-leaved gastrolobium
Banksia brownii432.3 KB	Feather-leaved Banksia
Banksia cuneata224.92 KB	Matchstick Banksia
Banksia fuscobractea344.85 KB
Banksia ionthocarpa subsp. chrysophoenix (formerly Dryandra ionthocarpa subsp. chrysophoenix)237.66 KB
Banksia ionthocarpa subsp. ionthocarpa (formerly Dryandra ionthocarpa subsp. ionthocarpa)269.21 KB	Kamballup Banksia
Banksia montana (formerly Dryandra montana)345.16 KB	Stirling Range Banksia
Banksia nivea subsp. uliginosa267.88 KB	Swamp honeypot
Banksia oligantha278.22 KB	Wagin Banksia
Banksia pseudoplumosa418.15 KB	False Plumed-Banksia
Banksia serratuloides subsp. perissa251.49 KB	Northern Serrate Banksia
Banksia squarrosa subsp. argillacea (formerly Dryandra squarrosa subsp. argillacea)342.76 KB	Whicher Range Banksia
Banksia verticillata388.43 KB	Granite Banksia
Beyeria cockertonii6.66 MB
Beyeria lepidopetala178.75 KB	Small-petalled beyeria
Boronia clavata6.66 MB	Bremer Boronia
Boronia exilis283.98 KB	Scott River boronia
Brachyscias verecundus339.84 KB	Ironstone brachyscias
Caladenia bryceana subsp. bryceana530.55 KB	Dwarf spider orchid
Caladenia busselliana224.03 KB	Bussell's spider orchid
Caladenia caesarea subsp. maritima211.11 KB	Cape spider orchid
Caladenia drakeoides332.62 KB	Hinged dragon orchid
Caladenia elegans346.56 KB	Elegant spider orchid
Caladenia graniticola (formerly Caladenia hoffmanii subsp. graniticola)379.51 KB	Granite Spider orchid
Caladenia granitora394.64 KB	Granite Spider orchid
Caladenia huegelii388.14 KB	Grand Spider orchid
Caladenia leucochila297.69 KB	Collie Spider Orchid
Caladenia lodgeana362.98 KB	Lodge's Spider orchid
Caladenia luteola411.06 KB	Lemon Spider orchid
Caladenia melanema166.12 KB	Ballerina orchid
Caladenia procera697.87 KB	Carbanup king spider orchid
Caladenia hopperiana488.94 KB (K. Smith & P. Johns 231)	Boddington Spider Orchid
Caladenia viridescens229.36 KB	Dunsborough spider orchid
Caladenia williamsiae145.73 KB	Williams' spider orchid
Caladenia winfieldii437.13 KB	Majestic spider orchid
Calectasia cyanea147.69 KB	Cape tinsel lilly
Calochilus pruinosus615.2 KB	Hopetoun Beard Orchid
Calytrix breviseta susp. breviseta520.45 KB	Swamp starflower
Chamelaucium sp. Gingin (N.G. Marchant 6) (formerly Chamelaucium lullfitzii ms)391.65 KB	Gingin wax
Chordifex abortivus316.63 KB	Manypeaks rush
Chorizema humile439.45 KB	Prostrate flame pea
Commersonia apella602.75 KB	Many-flowered Commersonia
Commersonia erythrogyna (formerly Rulingia sp. Trigwell Bridge)355.9 KB	Trigwell's rulingia
Conospermum densiflorum subsp. unicephalatum289.53 KB	One-headed smokebush
Conospermum galeatum338 KB
Conospermum undulatum336.33 KB	Wavy-leafed smokebush
Conostylis dielsii subsp. teres334.68 KB	Irwin conostylis
Conostylis micrantha331.6 KB	Small flowered conostylis
Conostylis misera301.86 KB	Grass conostylis
Conostylis rogeri179.89 KB	Kulin conostylis
Conostylis seorsiflora subsp. trichophylla419.83 KB	Hairy mat conostylis
Conostylis setigera subsp. dasys419.08 KB	Boscabel conostylis
Coopernookia georgei6.66 MB	Mauve Coopernookia
Cyphanthera odgersii subsp. occidentalis211.51 KB	Western Cyphanthera
Darwinia apiculata186.97 KB	Scarp Darwinia
Darwinia carnea279.64 KB	Mogumber Bell
Darwinia collina240.37 KB	Yellow mountain bell
Darwinia ferricola ms303.28 KB	Scott River bell
Darwinia masonii911.74 KB	Mason's Darwinia
Darwinia oxylepis266.71 KB	Scarlet mountain bell
Darwinia whicherensis (formerly Darwinia sp. Williamson (GJ Keighery 12717))330.15 KB	Abba bell
Darwinia wittwerorum241.73 KB	Wittwer's mountain bell
Dasymalla axillaris (formerly Pityrodia axillaris)374.91 KB	Wooly Foxglove
Daviesia bursarioides343.59 KB	Three Springs Daviesia
Daviesia cunderdin183.5 KB	Cunderdin Daviesia
Daviesia dielsii565.62 KB	Diel's daviesia
Daviesia euphorbioides344.26 KB	Wongan cactus
Daviesia glossosema247.69 KB	Maroon-flowered Daviesia
Daviesia megacalyx220.64 KB	Large-sepaled Daviesia
Daviesia microcarpa424.34 KB	Norseman pea
Daviesia ovata 335.16 KB
Daviesia pseudaphylla278.24 KB	Stirling Range Daviesia
Deyeuxia drummondii289.58 KB	Drummond's grass
Diplolaena andrewsii610.35 KB	Native Wild Roses
Drakaea confluens591.89 KB	Late hammer orchid
Drakaea elastica355.97 KB	Glossy-leaved hammer orchid
Drakaea isolata268.96 KB	Lonely hammer orchid
Drummondita ericoides284.72 KB	Morseby Range Drummondita
Duma horrida subsp. abdita (formerly Muehlenbeckia horrida subsp. abdita)373.14 KB	Remote thorny lignum
Eremophila ciliata308.97 KB
Eremophila denticulata subsp. trisulcata386.98 KB	Cumquat eremophila
Eremophila glabra subsp. chlorella318.56 KB
Eremophila koobabbiensis ms153.21 KB
Eremophila lactea359.44 KB	Milky emu bush
Eremophila sp. narrow leaves (J.D.Start D12-150)277.55 KB
Eremophila nivea397.34 KB	Silky eremophila
Eremophila pinnatifida318.13 KB	Dalwallinu eremophila
Eremophila resinosa200.86 KB	Resinous eremophila
Eremophila rostrata subsp. rostrata326.52 KB	Southern beaked eremophila
Eremophila rostrata subsp. trifida326.52 KB	Northern beaked eremophila
Eremophila scaberula215.09 KB	Rough emu bush
Eremophila subteretifolia333.25 KB	Lake king eremophila
Eremophila verticillata333.67 KB	Whorled eremophila
Eremophila virens273.64 KB	Campion eremophila
Eremophila viscida409.21 KB	Varnish bush
Eucalyptus absita288.57 KB	Badgingarra box
Eucalyptus x balanites311.8 KB	Cadda Mallee
Eucalyptus burdettiana6.66 MB	Burdett Gum
Eucalyptus coronata6.66 MB	Crowned Mallee
Eucalyptus crucis subsp. praecipua299.8 KB	Paynes Find mallee
Eucalyptus cuprea431.09 KB	Mallee box
Eucalyptus dolorosa269.37 KB	Dandaragan mallee
Eucalyptus impensa272.06 KB	Eneabba mallee
Eucalyptus leprophloia236.67 KB	Scaly-butt mallee
Eucalyptus nutans6.66 MB	Red-flowered Moort
Eucalyptus x phylacis280.56 KB	Meelup mallee
Eucalyptus purpurata6.66 MB
Eucalyptus rhodantha var. rhodantha363.29 KB	Rose mallee
Frankenia conferta176.66 KB	Silky Frankenia
Frankenia parvula252.33 KB	Drummond's Frankenia
Gastrolobium appressum461.71 KB	Scale-leaf Poison
Gastrolobium diabolophyllum270.75 KB	Bodallin poison
Gastrolobium glaucum407.61 KB	Wongan poison
Gastrolobium hamulosum319.17 KB	Hook-point poison
Gastrolobium luteifolium298.18 KB	Yellow-leafed gastrolobium
Gastrolobium papilio (formerly Brachysema papilo)515.73 KB	Butterfly-leaved Gastrolobium
Gastrolobium vestitum559 KB
Goodenia integerrima327.27 KB	Gypsum goodenia
Grevillea acropogon 544.07 KB
Grevillea althoferorum subsp. althoferorum ms363.66 KB	Split-leaved Grevillea
Grevillea althoferorum subsp. fragilis78.62 KB
Grevillea batrachioides311.53 KB	Mount Lesueur Grevillea
Grevillea brachystylis subsp. grandis (formerly Grevillea brachystylis subsp. Busselton (GJ Keighery s.n. 28/8/1985))253.1 KB	Large flowered short-styled Grevillea
Grevillea bracteosa subsp. howatharra449.84 KB
Grevillea calliantha499.94 KB	Foote's Grevillea
Grevillea corrugata450.70 KB
Grevillea curviloba subsp. curviloba323.1 KB	Curved-leafed Grevillea
Grevillea curviloba subsp. incurva372.29 KB	Narrow curved-leafed Grevillea
Grevillea dryandroides subsp. dryandroides792.36 KB	Phalanx Grevillea
Grevillea dryandroides subsp. hirsuta477.01 KB	Hairy phalanx Grevillea
Grevillea elongata389.73 KB	Ironstone Grevillea
Grevillea fuscolutea264.88 KB
Grevillea humifusa369.64 KB	Spreading Grevillea
Grevillea infundibularis6.66 MB	Fan-leaved Grevillea
Grevillea involucrata196.49 KB	Lake Varley Grevillea
Grevillea maccutcheonii379.57 KB	McCutcheon's Grevillea
Grevillea maxwellii277.33 KB	Maxwell's Grevillea
Grevillea murex482.46 KB	Shell-fruited Grevillea
Grevillea phanerophlebia290.92 KB	Veined-leaf Grevillea
Grevillea pythara268 KB	Pythara Grevillea
Grevillea rara171.03 KB	Rare Grevillea
Grevillea scapigera341.89 KB	Corrigin Grevillea
Grevillea sp. Gillingarra (R.J. Cranfield 4087)230.33 KB
Guichenotia seorsiflora439.02 KB
Gyrostemon reticulatus508.21 KB	Net-veined gyrostemon
Haloragis platycarpa127.53 KB	Broad-fruited haloragis
Hemiandra gardneri320.25 KB	Red snakebush
Hemiandra rutilans368.83 KB	Sargent's snakebush
Hemigenia ramosissima317.86 KB	Branched hemigenia
Hibbertia abyssus463.25 KB	Bandalup Buttercup
Hybanthus cymulosus299.78 KB	Ninghan violet
Hypocalymma longifolium245.67 KB	Long-leaved myrtle
Hypocalymma sylvestre 332.98 KB
Isopogon robustus197.17 KB	Robust coneflower
Isopogon uncinatus671.58 KB	Albany cone Bush
Jacksonia pungens ms251.44 KB	Pungent Jacksonia
Kunzea acicularis441.05 KB
Lambertia echinata subsp. echinata493.22 KB	Prickly honeysuckle
Lambertia echinata subsp. occidentalis430.64 KB	Western prickly honeysuckle
Lambertia fairallii286.37 KB	Fairall's Lambertia
Lambertia orbifolia subsp. orbifolia ms347.14 KB	Round-leaf honeysuckle
Lambertia orbifolia subsp. Scott River Plains403.81 KB (LW Sage 684)	Scott River round-leaf honeysuckle
Lasiopetalum pterocarpum327.82 KB	Wing-fruited lasiopetalum
Latrobea colophona298.72 KB
Lepidosperma gibsonii207.03 KB
Leucopogon gnaphalioides740.06 KB	Stirling Range beard heath
Leucopogon marginatus281.54 KB	Thin-margined leucopogon
Leucopogon nitidus341.5 KB
Leucopogon sp. Flynn (F.Hort, J.Hort and A.Lowrie 859)224.87 KB
Leucopogon sp. Ongerup (A.S. George 16682)307.95 KB
Leucopogon obtectus304.33 KB	Hidden beard heath
Leucopogon spectabilis373.78 KB	Ironstone beard heath
Lysiosepalum abollatum127.13 KB	Woolly lysiosepalum
Macarthuria keigheryi196.67 KB	Keighery's Macarthuria
Marianthus aquilonaris 277.27 KB	Bremer Marianthus
Marianthus paralius 477.15 KB
Myriophyllum lapidicola213.25 KB	Chiddarcooping myriophyllum
Ornduffia calthifolia (formerly Villarsia calthifolia)254.86 KB	Mountain villarsia
Pandanus spiralis var. flammeus598.44 KB	Edgar Range pandanus
Patersonia spirifolia277.08 KB	Spiral-leafed Patersonia
Persoonia micranthera365.29 KB	Small-flowered persoonia
Petrophile latericola ms375.79 KB	Laterite petrophile
Philotheca basistyla257.33 KB	White-flowered philotheca
Pityrodia scabra229.42 KB	Wyalkatchem foxglove
Pterostylis sinuata (was Pterostylis sp. Northampton (SD Hopper 3349))256.17 KB	Northampton midget greenhood
Ptilotus pyramidatus613.45 KB	Pyramid Mull-mulla
Rhacocarpus rehmannianus var.webbianus593.6 KB	Webb’s Moss
Rhizanthella gardneri619.25 KB	Underground orchid
Ricinocarpos brevis462.69 KB
Roycea pycnophylloides251.74 KB	Saltmat
Scaevola macrophylla 252.87 KB
Schoenia filifolia subsp. subulifolia 399.2 KB	Mingenew everlasting
Seringia exastia (formerly Keraudrenia exastia)326.07 KB	Fringed keraudrenia
Sphenotoma drummondii100.37 KB	Mountain paper heath
Stylidium amabile422.23 KB
Stylidium Applanatum378.39 KB
Stylidium coroniforme subsp. amblyphyllum342.24 KB	Quairading triggerplant
Stylidium coroniforme subsp. coroniforme432.53 KB	Wongan triggerplant
Stylidium galioides6.66 MB	Yellow Mountain Triggerplant
Stylidium semaphorum 299.4 KB
Symonanthus bancroftii212.21 KB	Bancroft's symonanthus
Synaphea quartzitica373.22 KB	Quartz-loving synaphea
Synaphea sp. Fairbridge Farm 301.36 KB (D. Papenfus 696)
Synaphea sp. Pinjarra342.55 KB (R Davis 6578)	Club-leaved synaphea
Synaphea sp. Pinjarra Plain616.06 KB (A.S. George 17182)
Synaphea sp. Serpentine315.57 KB
Synaphea stenoloba480.31 KB	Dwellingup synaphea
Tetratheca deltoidea278.62 KB	Granite tetratheca
Tetratheca paynterae subsp. paynterae862.89 KB	Paynter's tetratheca
Thelymitra dedmaniarum (formerly Thelymitra manginiorum ms)549.58 KB	Cinnamon sun orchid
Thomasia sp. Green Hill 323.78 KB (S. Paust 1-3122)	Green Hill Thomasia
Trithuria occidentalis701.99 KB	Western trithuria
Verticordia albida319.62 KB	White Featherflower
Verticordia apecta446.49 KB	Hay River Featherflower
Verticordia crebra6.66 MB	Crowded Featherflower
Verticordia fimbrilepis subsp. fimbrilepis434.52 KB	Southern shy Featherflower
Verticordia hughanii374.56 KB	Hughan's Featherflower
Verticordia pityrhops6.66 MB	Mt Barren Featherflower
Verticordia plumosa var. ananeotes205.69 KB	Tufted plumed Featherflower
Verticordia spicata subsp. squamosa450.52 KB	Scaly-leaved Featherflower
Verticordia staminosa subsp. cylindracea var. cylindracea296.14 KB	Granite Featherflower
Verticordia staminosa subsp. cylindracea var. erecta353.86 KB	Pine Featherflower
Verticordia staminosa subsp. staminosa283.64 KB	Wongan Featherflower
Wurmbea calcicola128.61 KB	Naturaliste Nancy
Wurmbea tubulosa 256.89 KB	Long-flowered Nancy
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Regional flora wildlife management programs

These programs provide a brief description of a plant (appearance, distribution, habitat and conservation status) for a particular administrative region, and include recommendations for research and management necessary to ensure its continued survival. The following plans were current at the time of publishing, but are subject to change. Not all wildlife management plans are available online, but may be viewed at the relevant department offices or at the deparment's library.

Protocols for monitoring threatened plants

The following manual provides guidance on the establishment of monitoring programs for plants.

• Designing a monitoring project for significant native flora species1.26 MB