Adenanthos barbiger, Hairy Jugflower
This is a tiny plant for Adenanthos, a medium shrub from the Proteaceae family, which includes
Grevillea. Single red flowers interspersed with elongated leaves.
October
Busselton Nannup area in the South West, Western
Australia and it occurs through the Augusta-Margaret River, Busselton and Nannup areas. Also in areas around Perth.
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Information given for each species
will give botanical name, known common names, describe the flower, give time of year it flowered, and where it was photographed, and
the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.
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Acacia stenoptera, Narrow Winged Wattle
A small plant with spiny modified leaves from a thickened stem. Buds are yellow
and soft fluffy blossoms are white and tipped with yellow pollen
Autumn
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and occurs
throughout the South West, and much of the Wheatbelt, Mid West and Great Southern regions
Please note that Acetous vesicaria, Ruby Dock, Rosy Dock, Bladder Dock (formerly Rumex vesicarius) has been returned to the Rumex genus,
and can now be seen listed in the Weeds section under R. Alien to Western Australia
Acacia willdenowiana, wattle grass, grass wattle or two-winged acacia
A sprawling plant with no leaves and a thickened (winged)
stem. Soft yellow or white blossoms
September
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and occurs in the South West,
Great Southern, Perth regions and into the northern Wheatbelt.
Acacia tetragonophylla, Dead Finish, Kurara, Gurarra.
Golden yellow round Acacia blooms with fine modified leaves ending in a spine.
A medium sized shrub.
August
Newman Rocks, Goldfields Region, Western Australia and occurs through much of the state, excluding the
Kimberley Region, the South West, and the southern coastal areas.
F
Acacia saligna subsp. Southern Forest (ie variant cyanophylla), Orange Wattle, Golden Wreath Wattle Blue Leaf Wattle, Blue Leaved Wattle, Blue-leaf Wattle, Blue-leafed Wattle, Blue-Leaved Wattle, Coojong, Golden Willow Wattle, Golden-wreath Wattle, Port Jackson Wattle, Port Jackson Willow, Weeping Wattle, Western Australian Golden Wattle, Western Wattle, Willow Wattle, Cujong, Coojong, Kudjong, Kileyung, Kalyung,Quonert, Wuanga.
An Acacia tree with large sized (1.2 centimetres) round blooms in a golden colour
in loose clusters of up to ten blooms on each flower stalk. Long leaves have short leaf stalks.
August September October
Bridgetown,
South West Region, Western Australia and Acacia saligna and subspecies are found from Shark Bay to Esperance, through the Mid West,
Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions, the coastal Goldfields and extending into the inland Goldfields region.
Adenanthos obovatus, basket flower
A medium somewhat sprawling shrub with orange Grevillea like flowers between the rounded leaves
along the stems
April to December
Bridgetown, South West, Western Australia and widespread in the South West, Great Southern and
Perth regions and into the Western Wheatbelt.
Acaena echinata, Sheep's Burr
A flat plant with fern like leaves, and a stalk of tiny flowers in spring which develops tiny
prickly burrs. You may find these burrs in your socks and on shoelaces after bushwalking.
September October
Bridgetown, South
West Region, Western Australia and occurs through the South West and Perth regions, into the Wheatbelt to the north and
east of Perth, parts of the Great Southern region, and around the coast to Esperance.
