Australia So Much to See
September to November
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions
Yellow and peach Lechenaultia flowers on a shrub of around a metre in height.
Spring
Lancelin and Port Gregory in the Mid West, and found in the coastal strip from Shark Bay to Perth, Western Australia
Why Lechenaultia not Leschenaultia?
This Genus is named for the botanist attached to the Baudin expedition to Australia, Jean
Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. Robert Brown had met Leschenault and assumed to spell his name the French way without the 's'. However,
Bentham introduced the German spelling with the 's' and subsequent writers followed suit as the name was written Leschenaultia, but
reverted to Robert Brown's spelling in the 1950s. The common names of the species maintain the 's' as Leschenaultia. Ref:Wikipedia
Lepidosperma gladiatum, Coast Sword-sedge, Sword Rush, Kerbin, Kerbein, Gerbion.
A tall growing sedge, with flat sword-like foliage. Large flower heads are covered with small cream flowers with slender spidery petals.
March
Albany, Great Southern Region, Western Australia
and occurs near the coast along creek lines and in winter wetlands. Found around the coast from Kalbarri to Cocklebiddy (east
of Esperance)
Lepidosperma tenue, Sedge
A reed-like plant with round foliage. Medium slender heads branching with cream three slender petaled flowers along the branches
March April
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs from north of Geraldton to east of Esperance, through the Mid West, Wheatbelt regions, with scattered occurrences through the South West and Great Southern regions, and close to the south coast around Esperance.
Lepidosperma squamatum, Sedge
A medium growing sedge, with flat sword-like stems and foliage. Large flower heads are covered
with small yellow flowers with slender spidery petals.
March
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs from north of Geraldton to east of Esperance, throughout the South West, the Perth region, the lower Great Southern with scattered occurrences in the Wheatbelt. Favours sandy and seasonally wet areas.
