The total Kimberley flora at present is estimated at 2,536 species but new species are being discovered every year.

Paczkowska & Chapman list 306 endemic Kimberley plants. Some of the more obvious endemic plants include:

• 3 slender fan-palms (Livistona eastonii from Mitchell Plateau, L. lorophylla and L. kimberleyana)
  
• 3 cycads (Cycas basaltica, C. furfuracea, C. pruinosa)
  
• 6 species of scarlet-flowered 'Kimberley Rose' or Kurrajong (Brachychiton fitzgeraldianus, B. incanus, B. tridendatus, B. tuberculatus, B. viscidulus and B. xanthophyllus)
  
• A number of Acacias (e.g. Acacia maconochieana from the shores of Lake Gregory, Acacia paula, a shrub from the Mitchell Plateau)
  
• Several rare Grevilleas (e.g. G. cravenii from the Prince Regent River, G. cunninghamii from N.W. Kimberley, G. donaldiana from cliffs on the Sale River, G. maherae from Mount Elizabeth, G. psilantha from Purnululu)
  
• The beautiful Seppelt Range Gum (Eucalyptus ceracea) and Mountain White Gum (Eucalyptus mooreana) from the peaks of the King Leopold Ranges
  
• Ondinea purpurea, a striking, purple-flowering aquatic from creeks in the N.W. Kimberley
  
• A range of spectacular-flowered Wild Cotton (Gossypium spp) and Hibiscus spp.
  
• Numerous Bush Tomatoes (Solanum spp.)& burr-fruited Velcro Bushes (Triumfetta spp.)
  
• Several prickly Spinifex grasses (Triodia spp.).