Agrostocrinum hirsutum, Blue Grass Lily, has hairiness evident on buds and stems (see at right).
Several purple-blue flowers
with six petals and a maroon tassel centre on each stem, with a clump from a base. Flower below has additional purple colouring surrounding
the centre. Each flower appears to last a day. Fine grass-like green foliage.
Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western
Australia, and found through the South West, Great Southern and Perth regions, extending into the wheatbelt north and east of 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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Adenanthos sericeus, Albany Woolly Bush, Woollybush, Tall Woolly Bush
Foliage only, not flowering. A shrub with very soft foliage
and stems which may be hairy towards the tips. Long red or orange tubular flowers may be found between June and April, emerging
from the foliage near to tips of the upright stems
Albany, Great Southern Region, Western Australia and occurs near the coast
around Albany and Esperance
Similar to Adenanthos cygnorum, Common Woollybush, Woollybush, on which foliage may be silvery
green, and tips pink at times of fresh growth, and flowers cream or pink
Found along the coast between Shark Bay and Bunbury, extending
inland into parts of the Wheatbelt, and South West Regions
Agrostocrinum scabrum (not photographed), False Blind Grass, is similar but not as hairy. It does have small bumps in rows on
the buds, and sometimes has short hairs on the stem. Grass-like foliage is broader than Agrostocrinum hirsutum and has a bluish
‘bloom’ (glaucus).
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Adenanthos sericeus subsp. sericeus, Coastal Woolly Bush
A shrub with very soft foliage and stems which may be hairy towards the tips. Can
grow to five metres, and older tree trunks have a textured bark (at left). Long red or orange tubular flowers may be found between March
and December, emerging from the foliage near to tips of the upright stems
March
Albany, Great Southern Region, Western Australia
and occurs near the coast around Albany and Esperance.
Another subspecies, Adenanthos sericeus subsp. sphalma is confined to
the east of Esperance at Cape Le Grand, with further specimens found to Israelite Bay.
Agonis flexuosa, Peppermint tree, Western Australian peppermint, Swan River peppermint, Willow Myrtle, Wanil, Wanill, Wonnow, Wonong
or Wannang.
A tree of up to ten metres in height, with branchlets of slender elongated leaves dangling down. A peppermint
scent when leaves are crushed. Clusters of tiny white five petaled blossoms down the flexible stems. Nuts (as at right)
form after flowering.
July to December, with photos at right taken in March after flowering.
Albany, Great Southern region, and
occurs around the coastal fringe from Perth to Bremer Bay.
