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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.
Keraudrenia hermanniifolia Crinkle-leaved Firebush is now known as Seringia hermanniifolia and can be seen under S
Kunzea pulchella Granite Kunzea
Usually bright red, with a fluffy flower which has one stamen, on a small shrub. White variation
at right seen north of Coolgardie.
Spring
Talgomine Rock near Nungarin in the Wheatbelt region Western Australia and occurs on and near
granite outcrops throughout the Wheatbelt and into the Goldfields
Kunzea glabrescens, Spearwood and Kunzea ericifolia is very similar
A tall growing shrub with upright branches (these have been pulled
down to photograph). Old cones alongside developing flowers at right.
Spring
Bridgetown, South West region Western Australia
and occurs in the South West and adjacent wheatbelt, around Perth, the coastline north to Cervantes, and in the lower Great Southern
to Albany.
Kingia australis, Bullanock, Bullonock, Waiyu, Kingia. Kingia australis is the only Kingia in the genus
A grass tree which grows
tall and slender with blackened trunk, and has needle like leave similar to Xanthorrhoea. Flowers come as a cluster of pompoms.
The photo above shows rapid regeneration with a mass of flowers after a severe wildfire. Kingias can grow to six metres in height.
Photo
of developing flowers taken in March but they usually flower in winter
Northcliffe (above), South West region, Western Australia, and
found in areas in the coastal strip from Albany to Perth, with occasional colonies being found further north. At left shows the
silvery young foliage of the slender Kingias of the south coast
Kunzea micrantha
A small shrub which grows to 1.5 -2 metres. Rounded cluster blooms on the ends of the stems, mostly pink but can vary
to white or purple. Elongated small oval leaves alternating along the stems, with just some curving back.
Similar
to Kunzea recurva which has broader and recurving foliage.
October
Tonebridge and Heartlea (Boyup Brook), South West region,
Western Australia, favouring winter wet depressions in areas mostly westwards if a line from Geraldton to Albany with occurrences
in adjacent parts of the Wheatbelt and along the south coastal strip to Ravensthorpe.
Kunzea baxteri, Baxter’s Kunzea, Crimson Kunzea, Scarlet Kunzea
A red bottlebrush flower on a shrub which can reach four metres in
height. Fine elongated leaves are a soft bluish green
Spring although can flower in other months
Found in bushland well outside
the original area, probably from dumping of garden prunings in the bush. Occurs naturally mainly near the south coast around
Esperance, southern Goldfields region, Western Australia, but garden plantings and subsequent escape has probably distributed to it
being found in many other areas.