Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow was a Russian botanist and plant collector who first identified several genera, and many species, of plants.
Thomasia pygmaea, commonly known as the tiny thomasia, is a small shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
Blancoa is a monotypic genus of perennial herbs in the family Haemodoraceae; the single species is Blancoa canescens, commonly known as the winter bell. It is endemic to the southwestern corner of Western Australia. It has nodding red to pink flowers, a clumping habit and grows to be 10 to 40 cm in height. The genus is named in honour of Francisco Manuel Blanco, a Spanish friar and botanist who compiled the first comprehensive flora of the Philippines.
Asteridea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Evidence suggests that the genus, Asteridea, is monophyletic.
Grevillea stenobotrya is a shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae that is endemic to arid regions of Australia. Common names include rattle-pod grevillea, sandhill grevillea, sandhill oak and sandhill spider flower.
Melaleuca apodocephala is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, bushy shrub with crowded, grey-green leaves, corky bark and a profusion of creamy-yellow flowers on the sides of the branches.
Melaleuca ciliosa is a small shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has bright or pale yellow flowers, an unusual calyx and leaves that are slightly hairy, especially around the edges.
Conothamnus aureus is a member of the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a spindly, straggly shrub with rigid, blunt leaves and spherical heads of golden yellow flowers resembling those of wattles.
Asteridea pulverulenta is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia, in the south-west. It was first described in 1839 by John Lindley.
Asteridea chaetopoda is a species of herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia, in the south-west. It was first described in 1876 as Athrixia chaetopoda by Ferdinand von Mueller, and allocated to the genus, Asteridea, in 1980 by G. Kroner. It is a perennial herb, growing on sandy soils, on limestone and on gypsum, to heights from 5 cm to 30 cm. Its yellow flowers may seen from August to November on salt lakes, stony rises, and dunes of Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces.
Asteridea athrixioides is a herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Australia, and found in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It was first described in 1853 by Otto Sonder and Ferdinand von Mueller as Panaetia athrixioides, who described it from specimen(s) collected in the Port Lincoln district. In 1980, G. Kroner assigned it to the genus, Asteridea, giving it the name Asteridea athrixioides. It is an annual herb, growing on calcareous, sandy or clay soils to heights of from 5 cm to 20 cm. Its yellow flowers may seen from July to November on saline on allvial flats, rocky hills and undulating plains.
Asteridea archeri is a herb in the family Asteraceae, which is endemic to Western Australia. It was first described in 2000 by Philip Short. It is found growing on gypsum dunes in salt lakes to heights from 20 cm to 1 m. Its white flowers may seen from September to October in Beard's Eremaean Province. There are no synonyms.
Asteridea morawana is a herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia. It was first described in 2000 by Philip Short.
Asteridea nivea is a herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia. It was first described in 1845 by Joachim Steetz as Chrysodiscus niveus. In 1980, G. Kroner assigned it to the genus, Asteridea, giving it the name Asteridea nivea. It is a perennial herb, sometimes erect, sometimes low-spreading which grows on sandy soils often over granite, laterite, or limestone to heights from 10 cm to 60 cm, in rock crevices, on ridges and coastal cliffs. Its white to white-pink flowers may seen from April to May or August to September in Beard's South-West Province, that is, the IBRA regions of Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, and Warren.
Asteridea croniniana is a herb in the Asteraceae family, which is endemic to Western Australia. It is an annual herb, growing to a height of 8 cm.
Androcalva pulchella is a shrub in the family Malvaceae. It is native to Western Australia.
Comesperma drummondii, commonly known as Drummond's milkwort, is a slender herb in the family Polygalaceae. It is a perennial herb growing to between 20 cm and 1.2 m high, on sandy and gravelly soils Its pink-blue-purple flowers may be seen from August to November.
Hibbertia rostellata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, straggling or erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–50 cm (5.9–19.7 in) and flowers between August and November producing yellow flowers. It was first formally described in 1849 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. The specific epithet (rostellata) means "possessing a small beak or snout", referring to the tip of leaves.
Daviesia anceps is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a dense, erect or low-lying shrub with its branchlets reduced to flattened cladodes, and yellow flowers with red markings.
Patersonia spirafolia is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.
