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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.
Macrozamia riedlei, Zamia (a Cycad which grows throughout the south west of Western Australia), Baian, Bicina, Boyern, Budjan,
Bayoo, Bayu, Djeeljeri, Djiridji, Djiriji, Dyergee, Girijee, Jeerajee, Jeeriji, Jeerja, Koondagoor, Kundagur, Quinine, Quinning.
Male and female flowers, fruit filled with initially bright orange seeds like small eggs. The vibrant colour fades.
Male and female flowers, fruit filled with initially bright orange seeds like small eggs. The vibrant colour fades.
Male
(pollen) cones above. Female cones developing above right. Orange coated seeds at right.
Plant toxic to cattle. Outer coating of seed used by Aborigines after treating. In some areas, Aborigines ground the seeds into a flour after special treatments to leach out the toxins. Early settlers were poisoned trying them. See more here.
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs through the South West from Perth to Albany
Plant toxic to cattle. Outer coating of seed used by Aborigines after treating. In some areas, Aborigines ground the seeds into a flour after special treatments to leach out the toxins. Early settlers were poisoned trying them. See more here.
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs through the South West from Perth to Albany
Melaleuca dichroma (previously known as Melaleuca virgata)
A fluffly flower which opens in white, and developes through shades of
yellow and apricot, on small shrub
Spring
Kalbarri, Mid West region, Western Australia, and occurs between Kalbarri and Perth, and into
the northern Wheatbelt
Melaleuca huegelii Chenille Honeymyrtle
A mainly white honeymyrtle flower which protrudes above the foliage of the shrub, and flowers
progressively open up to the tip of the bud
Spring
Lancelin, and occurs in the coastal sandplains from Shark Bay to Augusta
Maireana convexa Mulga Bluebush
Pale yellow flowers with petals overlapping or joined to make a circle on a small bush
with succulent slender leaves.
September
Sandstone, Mid West region, Western Australia and found through the Mid West and Gascoyne and
into the Goldfields and desert areas.
Marianthus sylvaticus
Dainty five petalled small lilac blue flowers faintly striped and with prominent stamens on
a twining vine. Narrow elongated leaves alternated sparsely on upright or twining vine. Note the there are leaves
in some of these photos from Bossiaea ornata that it is climbing on.
April
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia
and occurs in the lower South West from Bridgetown to the coast at Denmark and Albany, with a specimen from Armadale
in Perth
Melaleuca lanceolata, Rottnest Island Tea Tree, Black Paperbark, Moonah, Western Black Tea Tree, Dryland Tea Tree
A large shrub with
flowers like a white bottle brush near the ends of the stems
Summer
Above left at Augusta and above right at Margaret River, in the
South West of Western Australia, and found widespread near the coast from the Peron Peninsula around to the South Australian
Border, and inland through the Wheatbelt, Goldfields and parts of the Great Southern regions.
Melaleuca cordata, Heart-leaf Honey Myrtle
Bright pink blooms on a somewhat straggly shrub with flat heart shaped leaves alternating
along the stem
November
Above photos at Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Newdegate, and to left at Kulin, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Grows through the Mid West from near Shark Bay, through the Wheatbelt and parts of the Goldfields to Esperance
Melaleuca elliptica, Granite Bottlebrush, Granite Honey Myrtle, Gnow
Red bottlebrush flowers on a tall shrub. Small elliptical
leaves in pairs along the stems.
November
Maireana erioclada, Rosy Bluebush
Vivid pink perianth (skirt) around tiny flowers with perianth overlapping or joined to make
a circle, on a small bush with rounded succulent leaves. Perianth yellow in early stages (above left)
July August
Newman
Rocks, Lake Johnston and along the Eyre Highway in the Goldfields region, Western Australia and found through the Great Southern and
Goldfields and into the Wheatbelt regions
Melaleuca, possibly Melaleuca concreta
A small shrub with pale yellow round blossoms with long slender cylindrical leaves
which terminate in a hooked spike
Spring
Mullewa, Mid West region, Western Australia, and occurs between Shark Bay and Perth, through
the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt.
