The Seeds of South Australia database is actively being grown.
The goal is to provide images and data for South Australia’s approximately 3,500 native plant species.
Bristly Sea-heath
Also known as the Clustered Sea-heath, Frankenia serpyllifolia grows about 30cm in heavy clays and gibber plains, seen here flowering in October near Copley in the northern Flinders Ranges.
Flinders Ranges from the air
Cambrian Fossils – Brachina Gorge
Precambrian fossils – Brachina Gorge
Ediacaran Golden Spike
The base of the Ediacaran Period is defined by a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) marked by the Golden Spike in the Trezona Formation in Brachina Gorge. The lower glacial formation attributed to Snowball Earth is overlaid by the Nuccaleena Formation – a carbonate formed in shallow warm waters – displaying a distinct shift in climate that gave rise to Ediacaran biota, preserved in the fossil record of the Flinders Ranges.
Lake Frome from Mt Chambers
A sunrise view to the east from the top of Mt Chambers, Flinders Ranges. The white salt of Lake From can be seen on the horizon.
Moro Gorge
Spectacular spring fed Moro Gorge at Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area in the Gammon Ranges.
Tiny stalactites
These brittle 5-10mm calcium carbonate deposits in Warraweena Conservation Park are found in an overhang in a quartzite gorge.
