Gibraltar Range Waratah

About

Endemic to a single mountain range and only added to Australia's national threatened species list in September 2024, this waratah is the drier-country cousin of the famous NSW floral emblem, distinguished by its rougher, more coarsely-toothed leaves.

How to spot it

Woody shrub to 3m with dull green, coarsely-toothed alternate leaves; dome-shaped crimson flowerheads of 90-250 individual flowers in spring, found in dry sclerophyll forest rather than the damp gullies favoured by the common waratah.

Found in

• Gibraltar Range National Park