Minuria leptophylla, Minnie Daisy
A low-growing white or purple flowering daisy bush with elongated slender succulent leaves alternating
up the stems.
September
Yalgoo, Mid West region, Western Australia, and found scattered through the arid areas of the Pilbara,
central deserts, and Goldfields to the south east coast.
Millotia tenuifolia var tenuifolia, Soft Millotia.
Yellow to cream tiny flowers on and annual plant growing between two and ten centimetres.
Flower heads are single, with a cluster of tiny yellow flowers held together with a tubular base with green striped effect, and slightly
hairy. Leaves alternate, and are elongated and hairy.
September October November
Mirbelia dilatata, Holly-leaved Mirbelia, Wedge-leaved Mirbelia, Prickly Mirbelia.
An elongated purple pea flower on a shrub with a white or yellow area at base of sail with fine purple lines radiating up the sail. A shrub which can grow to three metres has prickly leaves with deep indentations around the edges and the prominent points each having a spine. Leaves are opposite.
December
Mirbelia microphylla 1987 (previously known as Mirbelia microphylloides), Small-leaved Mirbelia.
A small spiny shrub with three reddish
spines together with six or more small leaves the same length at each leaf joint. Yellow pea flowers with red markings on upper
and lower petals.
August
Monotaxis luteiflora
Bright light green leaves on a low shrub with clusters of male and female flowers together, surrounded by a ring
of leaves. Female flowers are few and have a tiny flower opening at the tip of a larger ovary. Male flowers are very small,
lime-green to yellow, and have four to five petals with twice the number of long stamens.
August
Agnew, Shire of Leonora, Goldfields
region, Western Australia, and found in desert and semi-arid areas mostly through the Goldfields, and into parts of the Pilbara, eastern
parts of the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions.
Myriocephalus pygmaeus 2016 (formerly known as Gnephosis pygmaea).
Tiny yellow flowers on a white fluffy base. A small
low growing plant with elongated narrow cylindrical foliage alternating along the stems and curving to point upwards.
August
Muehlenbeckia adpressa, Climbing Lignum, Native Sarsaparilla.
Inset above right showing an enlarged photo of a tiny yellow-green flower
with five petals, which grow in sprays. A large leafed twiner, with some leaves turning red on photo above left. Stems are red.
August
Totadgin Rock, Merredin, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Found in locations within the Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt,
Perth, Peel, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields regions.