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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 I 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.

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Pileanthus peduncularis, Coppercups

Bright orange flowers five petalled with a frilled edge to petals and dark centres, in clusters on a low growing shrub

September

Kalbarri, Mid West Region, Western Australia. Found through the Mid West, parts of the Gascoyne, northern Wheatbelt and Perth regions

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The genus Hybanthus is not current in Western Australia (2021). All taxa previously recognised under Hybanthus have been transferred to other genera (Pigea and Afrohybanthus).

Pigea calycina 2021 formerly Hybanthus calycinus Native Violet

Violet flowers along multiple stems from a small plant. Flowers have five petals, but the lower one is large and the upper four are very small. These flowers are relatively large at around two centimetres tall.

Spring

Lancelin and found along the coastal strip from Kalbarri to Augusta, and some patches in sandy areas in the South West.

Pigea epacroides 2021 formerly Hybanthus epacroides, Spiny Hybanthus. Hybanthus bilobus has also been included under Pigea epacroides in the 2021 revision, but the spineless form may sometimes be referred to colloquially as Pigea biloba.

This tiny native violet shrub has flowers two millimetres by four millimetres in shades of pale lilac with fine purple striped on some petals and a yellow centre. Tiny leaves along the stem, and spines are evident. The spines may have foliage along them, so are really short pointed branches rather than spines. Once these die off, the hard pointed spine remains. Both those with foliage and those without can be seen in this photo.

August

Hyden-Norseman Road, and occurs in the Wheatbelt, parts of the Great Southern, and in the Goldfields Regions.

Pigea debilissima 2021 formerly Hybanthus debilissimus

This native violet has tiny flowers in lilac, with a white patch at the throat. Five petals, with the lower petal much larger than the others. A low lying small bush with elongated foliage with a point at tip, alternating along the stems.

November

Bridgetown area, and occurs between Perth and Albany, close to the coast, and into the inland South West region.

Pigea epacroides 2021 formerly Hybanthus epacroides, (species not confirmed due to differences and area grown). This appears to be spineless or having minimal spines, prostrate form of Pigea epacroides 2021 (formerly Hybanthus bilobum). The name Pigea biloba is colloquial not official for this form.

This sprawling small low growing has mainly white flowers two millimetres by four millimetres with touches of lilac, and a yellow throat. Five petals, with the lower one much larger than the others. Stems and leaves hairy, with foliage strongly recurved and terminating in a point. Foliage may be larger on the spineless form.

Seen flowering in September

Bridgetown area, in a clay winter wet area, a long way out of the known range for Pigea (formerly Hybanthus) epacroides, which is found in in the Wheatbelt, parts of the Great Southern, and in the Goldfields Regions.

Note: A form of Pigea epacroides, upright and in a different soil type was identified at Greenbushes, around fifteen kilometres west of where the above was seen, during a mine environmental survey.

Pigea floribunda 2021 formerly Hybanthus floribundus, Showy Hybanthus, Shrub Violet

This tiny native violet shrub has flowers two millimetres by four millimetres in shades of lilac, with a yellow throat. Five petals, with the lower one much larger than the others. The second photo has been taken with a digital microscope. Seed pods forming at right.

Seen flowering from March to July

Bridgetown area, and occurs through a wide area, including the South West, Great Southern, Wheatbelt, Goldfields, Mid West and Gascoyne regions.

Pigea calycina (formerly Hybanthus calycinus), known as Native Violet, is in the Violaceae family along with non-native garden flowers Violets and Violas. So in this case Native Violet is an accurate common name.