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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.
Goodenia species (at left) Species not yet identified
Blue flowers of five petals with three pointing down and outwards and two
pointing upwards, with white centres, on upright stems with fleshy slightly hairy oval leaves
December
Bridgetown, South West region,
Western Australia
This is a poor photo taken in a windy and dusty day near the Great Central Road between Warburton and Tjukayirla Roadhouse.
Flower structure indicates a Goodenia species.
The photo I took is inadequate for certain identification. There are a number of yellow flowering Goodenia species in the desert regions. Flower has three "double" petals pointed downwards and two shorter petals pointing upwards or curling upwards, foliage not observed.
The photo I took is inadequate for certain identification. There are a number of yellow flowering Goodenia species in the desert regions. Flower has three "double" petals pointed downwards and two shorter petals pointing upwards or curling upwards, foliage not observed.
September
Great Central Road ninety kilometres west
of Warburton, Western Australia.
Goodenia trinervis (formerly Velleia trinervis), Common Velleia (above and at right).
Five yellow petals with three large and two
small, crinkly appearance due to shape and colouration of petals, with a brown patch from the centre into the two lower petals.
Base
leaves have three veins (nerves) giving name trinervis.
Spring
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and through the coastal
Wheatbelt, South West, Great Southern and parts of the Goldfields region along the south coast to Esperance at near Kalgoorlie
Goodenia trinervis variation, with flowers more orange than yellow, and smooth edged leaves have hairy edges with nerves not
visible.
These were seen south of Bridgetown.
These were seen south of Bridgetown.