Australia So Much to See

Rhodanthe manglesii 1992, formerly Helipterum manglesii, Silver Bells, Pink Sunray, Mangles Everlasting, Australian Strawflower, Timeless Rose.

A small pink everlasting daisy with silvery pink with buds hanging heads, opening to a pink daisy with variable colours, and with or without a dark centre on the petals.  Stem hugging small rounded leaves up stems. 

August

Photographed at Totadgin Rock, Merredin and Christmas Rock, Wongan Hills, in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.  Found in the Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt, Perth and Peel, Great Southern, and parts of the Goldfields regions.  

Rhodanthe maryonii 1992, formerly Helipterum maryonii. 

Yellow tiny cluster flowers in bunches at the top of the stems on a spreading shrub.  Elongated oval leaves to a point at tip and the stems have silky hairs, giving a silvery appearance.

August

Sandstone, Mid West region, Western Australia, and occurs in the Gascoyne, Mid West, and northernmost parts of the Wheatbelt, and into the Goldfields. 

Rhodanthe spicata 1992, formerly Helipterum spicatum, Spike-headed Sunray. 

Yellow tiny cluster flowers up the stems to a rounded head of flowers at the top of the stems. Long narrow leaves terminating in a spike at tip.  Hairiness on leaves and stems. 

August
Seen at Merredin (buds), Wheatbelt region, and at Tardun, Pintharuka and Morawa in the Mid West region, Western Australia. Found in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, and southern Goldfields regions.  

Rhodanthe stricta 1992, formerly Helipterum strictum, Glabrous Sunray, Slender Sunray.

A small white everlasting daisy with a prominent bulbous rear of flower.  Petals around the flower are spaced and sparse.  Leaves are long and wider than the other Rhodanthe species seen and are not hairy, and dominate the plant over the tiny flowers. 

August

Mount Magnet, Mid West region, Western Australia. Found in the Gascoyne, Mid West, northern Wheatbelt, and the Goldfields regions.  Also occurs in other states. 

Rhodanthe citrina 1992, formerly Waitzia citrina, Pale Immortelle.

A small bright yellow everlasting daisy, with petals slightly upturned, and a large orange centre which stands up above the petals.  Leaves taper to a narrow point.  Stems hairy and branch, with many flowers per plant. 

November

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia, and found widely through the Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt, Perth and Peel, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields regions. 

Ricinocarpos velutinus, Velvety Ricinocarpos, Velvety Ricinocarpos-bush

A shrub with pale coloured narrow elongated ribbed foliage, covered in velvety white hairs.  Yellow flowers can be male and female in the same bush, with most flowers being male. Flowers have five pale yellow petals, and male flowers have a centre dome of many rich yellow stamens.  Female flowers have a stigma (style tip) of three parts, each forked into two.  Male flowers only shown here. 
August

Rinzia carnosa (1986), (formerly Baeckea carnosa), Fleshy-leaved Rinzia, Carnosa Rinzia, with Carnosa meaning “fleshy,” referring to the thick, succulent leaves.

A shrub with tiny pale pink five petalled flowers which have a ring of numerous stamens.  Foliage consists of short succulent leaves with no visible leaf stem (peduncle).  Leaves are opposite, with each pair at right angles to the previous pair.   
August