Wildflowers of the Stirling Range

The Stirling Range rises some 850 metres above the surrounding plains in Western Australia. The highest point, Bluff Knoll, stands 1080 metres above sea level. The mountains are like islands in a sea of largely flat surrounding landscapes, providing a wide range of habitats for plants and animals.

The Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913, but its botanical treasures were not fully appreciated at that stage. Today it is internationally recognised as an important biodiversity hotspot within the megadiverse hotspot of southern Western Australia. The range is exceptionally rich in plant species, containing some 90 families, 384 genera and 1517 species within its 115,600 hectares. About 80 of the plant species in the park occur nowhere else in the world!

This pocket-sized book is a guide to identifying just a small selection of the wonderful plant species in this special part of Western Australia.