The gem emblem of South Australia is the opal. The opal was adopted as the state gem on 15 August 1985. Eighty percent of the world's opals come from just three opal mining areas in South Australia.
The mammal emblem for South Australia is the hairy-nosed wombat.
The floral emblem of South Australia is Sturt's Desert Pea.
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat was chosen for South Australia's faunal emblem because they are almost unique to South Australia.
* The faunal emblem of South Australia is the Hairy-Nosed or Plains Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) * The Piping Shrike, or white backed magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen leuconota) is the South Australian bird emblem * The Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is the marine emblem of South Australia * Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona Formosa) is the Floral Emblem of South Australia
The floral emblem of South Australia is Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa).Sturt's Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa, was adopted as the floral emblem of South Australia on 23 November 1961, using the name Clianthus formosus.
South Australia is a state, so it does not have a national flower and animal, but a state flower and animal. The floral, or flower emblem, of South Australia is the Sturt's Desert Pea. The faunal emblems of South Australia are the hairy nosed wombat for the animal, the piping shrike for the bird or avian emblem, and the leafy sea dragon for the marine emblem.
Sturt's Desert Rose is the floral emblem of the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory is not a state, but a territory.The Sturt's Desert Rose should not be confused with the Sturt Desert Pea, which is the floral emblem of South Australia.
The animal emblems of South Australia are the hairy nosed wombat for the animal, the piping shrike for the bird or avian emblem, and the leafy sea dragon for the marine emblem.
Sturt's desert pea, Swainsona formosa is the floral emblem of South Australia.
The floral emblem of Australia's Northern Territory is the Sturt Desert Rose. This should not be confused with the Sturt Desert Pea, the floral emblem for South Australia.
The animal emblems of South Australia are the hairy nosed wombat for the animal, the piping shrike for the bird or avian emblem, and the leafy sea dragon for the marine emblem.
The hairy-nosed wombat (not the common wombat) is the official emblem of South Australia.