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Sources used for identification of wildflowers including Aboriginal names shown on these pages, and regions where they occur, are
listed under 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
was seen, 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 wildflowers in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Loricobbia ochreata 2024 (formerly Pultenaea ochreata) above
An erect shrub with medium small yellow pea flowers with red markings,
with a dark red labellum. Rear of flower has red, with a striped effect, looking like little butterflies on the bush (above right). Elongated oval
leaves. Rounded furry seed pods with a point or 'beak' as above. Seed pods opening above right.
September
Bridgetown,
and occurs in the Perth and South West regions.
Luzula meridionalis, Field Woodrush
Tiny green and brown flowers on a rush-like plant with hairiness along edges of foliage.
August September
Bridgetown, and grows through the South West, south coast, and Perth environs.
Lycium australe, Australian Boxthorn
A woody shrub that can grow to 2.5 metres in height, with long sharp spines along the stems. Tiny four or five petalled white flowers tending to pink or lilac towards the centre. Foliage consist of elongated succulent
leaves which widen towards the rounded tip.