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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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Mirbelia spinosa

Yellow and red small pea flowers, predominantly red and close together down long stems with very tiny leaves and longer spines along the stems, on a low to the ground bush.

Spring

Lancelin, west coastal Wheatbelt, Western Australia and found through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West and into the Great Southern regions, with isolated occurrences in the Goldfields and Pilbara

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.

Morelotia octandra 2021 (formerly Tetraria octandra)(identification not confirmed)

This sedge-like plant has sword shaped leaves, flowers from a branching stem with fine cream to yellow petals giving it a shaggy appearance

September

Bridgetown, and is found throughout the South West corner of the state, and from Lancelin to Albany.

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

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia, and found through the Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions, into the Mid West near Geraldton, and into the western Goldfields.

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

Northcliffe, Manjimup shire, South West Region, Western Australia. Occurs from Mogumber, Victoria Plains shire to the north, at locations through the Wheatbelt, the Perth Peel regions, the South West and into the Great Southern, around Esperance in the southern Goldfields.

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

Tardun, Greater Geraldton Council, Mid West Region, Western Australia. Found in the Mid West, inland Wheatbelt, and scattered through the Goldfields.

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

Sandstone, Mid West region, Western Australia and found in the Gascoyne, Mid West and Wheatbelt, and western parts of the Goldfields. Also recorded near Mandurah in the Peel region.

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.