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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.

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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

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 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

Holland Rocks, between Pingrup and Newdegate, Great Southern region, Western Australia and grows in sandy soils at granite rocks along the south coast al strip from Albany to Esperance, through the Great Southern and adjacent areas of the Wheatbelt, and parts of the Goldfields.

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.

Marianthus erubescens (formerly Billardiera erubescens 2004), Red Mariathus, Red Billardiera.
A twining or climbing shrub with bright red tubular flowers.

August

Christmas Rock, Wongan Hills, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia and occurs from Morawa in the Mid West to Albany in the Great Southern, through much of the Wheatbelt, and into parts of the South West regions.

Melaleuca brophyi or possibly a natural hybrid of this species.

Pale yellow fluffy balls on a shrub which may reach 2.5 metres in height. This specimen was on a low growing dense shrub. Thick cylindrical elongated leaves that terminate in a spiked tip and are faintly speckled (oil glands).

November

Seen between Katanning and Nyabing, Great Southern region, Western Australia. Melaleuca brophyi occurs mainly in the Great Southern and adjacent Wheatbelt as well as a recorded site near Dalwallinu, and extends into the coastal Goldfields with recorded findings near Ravensthorpe and Esperance. This species favours black clay in low lying saline areas.

Melaleuca eurystoma 1999

Small clusters of cream flower heads, on a shrub which may reach two metres. Foliage oval to egg-shaped leaves that have a tan to reddish edge and may have a bluish appearance. Foliage spirals around the stems. New growth can be red.

August

Tarin Rock Nature Reserve, between Dumbleyung and Lake Grace, Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia. Found at locations scattered through the southern Wheatbelt, and into the western fringe of the southern Goldfields.

See more Melaleuca species on the next pages