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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.
Fabaceae is the family name covering the huge 'Pea flower' group. Fabaceae family also includes non pea shaped flowers such
as Acacia, Senna (formerly Cassia) and other food forming genera. Other names that have been used to cover the Pea group
are Leguminosae and Papilionaceae. See The Pea family.
Pea flowers have been the hardest for me to identify,
with some of these are shown in the genera of Aotus, Bossiaea, Chorizema, Daviesia, Dillwynia, Gastrolobium, Gompholobium, Hovea,Isotropis, Jacksonia, Kennedia, Leptosema, Mirbelia, Pultenaea and Sphaerolobium.
Parts of the flower that may be
used in descriptions shown below, using Pultenaea ochreata as an example. The pea flower is based on five petals. with the large
upper ones forming the Banner or Sail. Lower petals consist of two smaller petals known as Wings, and a central lower petal
modified to form the Keel. The keel may be a contrasting colour.
Ficinia nodosa, Knotted Club Rush
A reed with a small round flower near the top of each circular stem. Seen here post flowering,
with full plant at right near Acacia cyclops.
October to January
Albany, Great Southern region, and occurs around the coastal
areas between Shark Bay and Cocklebiddy, with some areas further inland, favouring coastal dunes, sand, limestone, seasonally wets
areas and margins of lakes.