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class="card-text"><i>Thryptomene decussata</i> is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–3 m.</p> <a href="/in-focus/6724281b911ddd0001c0941b" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Nov 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/09/pimelea-ciliata-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">October 2024</h4> <p class="card-text">White Banjine is an attractive, erect shrub usually 0.5–1 m high, with dark green, ovate, pointed-tipped leaves and terminal white flowerheads.</p> <a href="/in-focus/66f66ebef3f2ac0001dd55ae" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Oct 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/09/triumfetta-tenuiseta-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">September 2024</h4> <p class="card-text"><i>Triumfetta tenuiseta</i> is a perennial shrub growing to 1 m high with spreading or ascending branches.</p> <a href="/in-focus/66d5134fc862c50001df78a9" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">2 Sep 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/07/ptilotus-obovatus-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">August 2024</h4> <p class="card-text">Cotton Bush is a much-branched, silver, grey-green shrub 10–120 or more cm tall and across.</p> <a href="/in-focus/66a727de2bf37d000141f37f" class="card-link">Read</a> <small><br>Updated: <span class="date">1 Nov 2024</span></small> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Aug 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/06/clandestine-triggerplant-02-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">July 2024</h4> <p class="card-text">Introducing Clandestine Triggerplant, an undescribed species of <i>Stylidium</i> from the eastern Kimberley and adjacent Northern Territory.</p> <a href="/in-focus/666f90e75c9fb80001c765e7" class="card-link">Read</a> <small><br>Updated: <span class="date">1 Nov 2024</span></small> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Jul 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/05/gremin.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">June 2024</h4> <p class="card-text"><i>Grevillea miniata</i> is an open, spreading to erect shrub or tree, growing to 1.8–5 m high.</p> <a href="/in-focus/664fea95a65e430001b07c08" class="card-link">Read</a> <small><br>Updated: <span class="date">1 Nov 2024</span></small> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Jun 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/04/hemitrichia-serpula600-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">May 2024</h4> <p class="card-text">This month, we highlight one of our non-plant taxa, the eye-catching Pretzel Slime Mould.</p> <a href="/in-focus/6630870812ab730001528c9d" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 May 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/03/tribulus-suberosus-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">April 2024</h4> <p class="card-text">Cork Hopbush is a member of the small family Zygophyllaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.</p> <a href="/in-focus/66050c058eb4dc0001262a49" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Apr 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/03/Rhipilia-psammophila600-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">March 2024</h4> <p class="card-text">Every March, we highlight one of Western Australia’s seaweeds, and this month, we have <i>Rhipilia psammophila</i> (the ‘sand-loving’ <i>Rhipilia</i>), a new species that was described in late 2023.</p> <a href="/in-focus/65e1269508b6860001284d0b" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Mar 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2024/01/Gomphrena-flaccida.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">February 2024</h4> <p class="card-text"><i>Gomphrena flaccida</i> is an erect, single-stemmed annual growing to 1 m high with masses of globe-shaped, bright pink-purple flowers that are clustered in dense, terminal spikes.</p> <a href="/in-focus/65b216e7b7c6af0001da7d99" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Feb 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img src="https://florabase.ghost.io/content/images/2023/12/echinopogon-ovatus-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="Post feature image"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="h4 card-title">Plant of the Month</h3> <h4 class="h5 card-subtitle text-secondary mb-2">January 2024</h4> <p class="card-text">The distinctive feature of this grass is the inflorescence, a dense ovoid panicle with protruding awns resulting in a relatively soft hedgehog-like appearance.</p> <a href="/in-focus/657fb687a5390f000134e5d1" class="card-link">Read</a> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <span class="date">1 Jan 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="card post mb-3"> <img 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