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Sources used for identification of wildflowers including Aboriginal names shown on these pages, and regions where they occur, are listed under Credits

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, description of the flower as I see it, time of year it flowered, where it was photographed, and the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.

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Alphbetical Index by Botanical Names

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13/12/2024

Why the common name Wattle? Did you know that the name of Wattle came from the use of Acacias in building houses? See the story here.

Acacia alata, Winged Wattle

A sprawling or upright plant with ribbon like stems instead of leaves. Hairiness evident on stem. Yellow wattle flowers.

September

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs from Albany to Geraldton, mainly in areas closer to the coast.

A directory of Alien to Western Australia plants which are common weeds in native environments is being compiled. This may be mistaken for native plants. A weed is simply a plant growing in the wrong place. Many are garden plants that have escaped. See useful references to help identifying Alien plants.

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Acacia acanthoclada subsp. acanthoclada, Harrow Wattle.

A rich golden wattle flower, with yellow flower stems. Foliage consists of short cylindrical leaves with a slight bend at tip. Large spines along the main stems and at the tip of each stem in this medium sized shrub.

August

Grevillea Hill, Hyden-Norseman Road, in the Shire of Dundas, and occurs through the Great Southern, Wheatbelt, and Goldfields regions

A number of Acacias, particularly Acacias trees that line roadsides and into bushland are eastern states species, introduced into gardens but they have escaped and spread prolifically. Some of these can be seen under Weeds

Acacia acuminata, Jam, Jam Wattle, Mangart, and variations Mangaart, Maanqaat, Manjart, Munertor, Mungaitch, Mungat.

Elongated golden flowers, long fine leaves to a hooked point. Trees can grow to twelve metres. Seeding stage not seen.

August

Perenjori and other areas in the Wheatbelt, occurring through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields regions.

Acacia aneura, Mulga, Wirndamarra, Wintamarra, Windamarra, Tharrgan, Tharrkan or Wintamaya, Wintamarra or Wirntamarra, Wirntamarra, Munturru, Kujilara, Kurnturr, Warlun and Karnturr.

Trees grow to ten metres. Elongated golden flowers (not photographed), needle like or long fine flat leaves. Thick leathery pods.

Leonora, and a very common tree through much of the inland of Western Australia and other states.

With around 1,200 species of Acacia in Australia, many of these are found in Western Australia, ranging from tall trees to low growing shrubs. They are found in all climate regions. With some, mostly seen only when flowering so without seeing the pods or seeds, positive identification cannot be made. Those named here are in these cases without a degree of certainty.

Acacia anthochaera, Floral emblem of the Shire of Dalwallinu, where it is known as Kimberlys Wattle.

Large bunches of bright golden blooms, long narrow phyllodes with a prominent nerve in the centre, on a shrub or tree that can grow to seven metres in height. Seeding stage not seen.

August

Yalgoo, and is found in the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt regions, between Kalbarri and Koorda.