Australia
LandscapeKew at the
British Museum
21 April – 16 October 2011
Museum forecourt
Free
Part of the Australian season
Supported by
Some highlights of the landscape
WattleAcacia dealbata and baileyana
Acacia ash enhances the effects of the nicotine contained in pituri, a psychoactive drug. Find out more at www.kew.org
Evergreen kangaroo pawsAnigozanthos flavidus
The sap in the root system enables the
plant
to survive extreme dry spells.
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out more at www.kew.org
Coast banksia Banksia integrifolia
Botany Bay was named by Captain James Cook
because of all the botanical species collected there.
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more at www.kew.org
Australian tree fernDicksonia antarctica
Indigenous Australians ate the pith of this
fern raw, or roasted it over ashes.
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more at www.kew.org
Tasmanian blue gumEucalyptus globulus
This species is the floral emblem of
Tasmania.
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more at www.kew.org
Tea treeMelaleuca alternifolia
Indigenous Australians chewed tea tree
leaves as a treatment for headaches.
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out more at www.kew.org
Sturt’s desert peaSwainsona formosa
Named after Charles Sturt – a 19th century
explorer who searched in vain for an inland Australian sea.
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more at www.kew.org
Wollemi pineWollemia nobilis
The oldest Wollemi pine alive today is around
1000 years old.
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out more at www.kew.org
Grass treeXanthorrhoea preissii
Balgas are very slow growing and can live up to 600 years. Find out more at www.kew.org