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Sources used for identification of wildflowers shown on these pages and regions where they occur see Credits
These pages will
feature some of the wildflowers we have photographed in Western Australia, and where possible, identified. If you
are able to help identify further flowers, or correct any I may have wrong, please contact us.
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.
See some
of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Comesperma calymega, Blue-spike Milkwort.
Smaller shaped flowers to the purple Comesperma virgatum or confertum, but petals wider.
A mid to deep blue colour. Leaves are oval shaped to a point, being broader than Comesperma virgatum or confertum.
November
December
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and similar range to Comesperma virgatum and Comesperma confertum,
plus Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields Regions
Clematis pubescens Clematis, Old Man’s Beard, Merlin's Beard (above and seed development below, at Bridgetown), Durak.
Climber with white four petalled flower and a prominent bunch of stamens. Foliage in groups of three leaves, one large and two smaller.
Late Winter, Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia, and common around Perth, the South West and around the south coast
Climber with white four petalled flower and a prominent bunch of stamens. Foliage in groups of three leaves, one large and two smaller.
Late Winter, Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia, and common around Perth, the South West and around the south coast
Cochlospermum fraseri, Kapok Bush, Cotton Tree, Wild Kapok, and Kapok Tree (at right)
A tall shrub with large yellow flowers
and round green 'fruit'
Autumn/Winter
Kimberley Region, Western Australia
Clematis pubescens Clematis, Old Man’s Beard
Seen flowering in March along the South Coast near Albany (at right)
Why is it called Old Man's Beard? Look at the seed setting stages above and at left.
Comesperma ciliatum, Twining Comesperma, Love Creeper
Tall flexible stems twining around each other with small blue flowers at the top of the stems. Flowers similar to the free-standing Comesperma calymega. No visible foliage.
Tall flexible stems twining around each other with small blue flowers at the top of the stems. Flowers similar to the free-standing Comesperma calymega. No visible foliage.
Late spring to early
summer
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found in the coastal strip from Geraldton around to Esperance, and occurs in the South West, Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions.
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found in the coastal strip from Geraldton around to Esperance, and occurs in the South West, Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions.
While the photo at right shows cilia (hairs) on the stems, the
photos above do not, where references show both Comesperma ciliatum and the similar Comesperma volubile as having glabrous (smooth)
twining stems.
Clematis linearifolia, Clematis, Old Man’s Beard
Climber with white four petalled flower and a prominent bunch of stamens. Climber
can cover shrubs. Foliage in groups of three leaves, one large and two smaller, being narrower leaves than on Clematis pubescens.
September
Cervantes, and grows on coastal limestone and sand dunes along the west coast from Shark Bay to Augusta, and the south coast
from Hopetoun to Esperance.
