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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.
Leucopogon australis Spike Beard Heath
Small white tubular flowers with five furry petals on a tubular flower, in spikes on a small shrub with sharp pointed elongated leaves. Buds are pale pink
October
Small white tubular flowers with five furry petals on a tubular flower, in spikes on a small shrub with sharp pointed elongated leaves. Buds are pale pink
October
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western
Australia and found in the south west corner of the state between Lancelin and Albany
Leucopogon capitellatus, Cluster Heather
Small white tubular flowers with five furry petals on a tubular flower, in clusters on
a small shrub with sharp pointed leaves. Buds are pink
Winter, Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found in the south west corner of the state between Perth and Albany
Winter, Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found in the south west corner of the state between Perth and Albany
Leucophyta brownii, Cushion Bush, Silver Cushion Bush
A small to medium sized bush with silver blue leaves and ball shaped clusters
of tiny yellow flowers
Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions
Leptospermopsis oligandra (formerly Leptospermum oligandrum) (above) Teatree, Coastal Teatree, Australian myrtle, Australian
tea tree.
White five levelled flowers are similar to Gaudium laevigatum (formerly Leptospermum laevigatum), the Victorian Tea Tree
which is used in garden hedges and has escaped and invaded the bush in many areas.
Spring
Marchagee Nature Reserve, Wheatbelt,
Western Australia, and occurs near the coastal strip in the MidWest and northern Wheatbelt, and along the south coast between Albany
and Esperance
Leptospermopsis erubescens (formerly Leptospermum erubescens), Roadside Teatree
Pale five petalled white pink tea tree flowers on a
tall shrub.
September
Above left near Gnowangerup in the Wheatbelt, and above right near Pingrup in the Great Southern region, and ranges
through much of the South West, Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions, and occurrences through the Goldfields and part of the
Mid West regions.
Leptosema aphyllum Ribbon Pea (formerly Brachysema aphyllum or leafless Brachysema) Ribbon Pea
(member of the large Pea family Fabaceae)
Bright
red sickle shaped pea flowers on a flat leaved plant.
Nanson, Mid West, Western Australia and is found in the northern Wheatbelt,
Mid West region and as far north as Shark Bay
Leucopogon obtusatus
A shrub with small typical Leucopogon flute shaped flowers, with five fluffy petals at the tip.
Foliage
consists of small leaves with a rounded tip along the stems.
August
Tarin Rock Nature Reserve, Wheatbelt region, Western
Australia, and can be found through the southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern extending into southern parts of the Goldfield
region to Esperance
Leucopogon hamulosus is now Styphelia hamulosa, see photos and description under S
F
Leucopogon now only includes species with short styles found well within the corolla tube. In Styphelia the style is visible and sometimes
exceeds the corolla tube.
Leptospermum species were changed to other genera in 2023; Leptospermopsis, Gaudium, Apectospermum, Homalospermum, Pericalymma and
Aggreflorum.