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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.
Daviesia cordata, Bookleaf Pea
A large yellow and orange pea flower which grows in clusters from stem where the large leaves
grow, on tall and bushy shrubs
Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs through the Perth,
South West, Great Southern and parts of the Wheatbelt regions
Photo at right showing coloured veins on rear of flowers.
Daviesia decurrens, Prickly Bitter-pea
Prolific small red or orange pea flowers along stems of a bush with modified leaves (phyllodes)
which terminate in a point. These phyllodes do not show a division the stem, being decurrens. Triangular seed pods
typical of all Daviesia species.
July August
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs in the Mid West, Perth,
South West, Great Southern, and Wheatbelt regions, extending into the Goldfields
Photos above show seed pods forming, in a clam shell like cover, with photo at right showing pods after seed distribution.
Daviesia angulata, Bitter pea (member of the large Pea family Fabaceae)
A small yellow and orange pea flower with a rounded "bonnet"
shape on a bush with modified leaves (phyllodes) which terminate in a spine.
Spring
Lancelin, coastal Wheatbelt, Western Australia
and occurs from the coast strip north of Perth, through parts of the Perth, South West, Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions.
Daviesia grahamii
A yellow pea flower with central red and yellow markings. Flowers along stems, with small modified foliage. Sprawling habit.
August
Latham, Perenjori Shire, Mid West region, Western Australia, and found in the Mid West, northern Wheatbelt
and into the Goldfields.
Identification not certain
