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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.

See some of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.

Alphbetical Index by Botanical Names

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Acacia applanata, Grass Wattle (above)

A somewhat sprawling plant with ribbon like stems instead of leaves. Small medium light yellow wattle flowers.

Spring

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs in the South West, Wheatbelt and Great Southern areas of the south west corner of the state, ranging from Dongara to the Albany area.

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, Mangart, Mangaart, Maanqaat
Elongated golden flowers, long fine leaves to a hooked point. Trees can grow to twelve metres.

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.

Acacia bidentata

A low growing spreading shrub with tiny pale lemon blossoms. Bidentata means two toothed, while this specimen as photographed has variable shaped leaves, which alternate along the stems. Curled seed pods not seen. Size of flowers can be gauged from the gravel stones in the photos.
November, although this is late for Acacia bidentata to be flowering. The second specimen was seen in September near Gnowangerup.

Between Pingrup, Lake Grace and Newdegate, with the Great Southern region Shire of Kent and in the Gnowangerup Shire. Grows in areas from Kalbarri to Esperance, in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, and Great Southern regions, and into the Goldfields around Ravensthorpe and Esperance

Acacia colletioides, Wait-a-while, Pin-bush, Spine Bush.

Dense covering of stem hugging clusters of bright yellow flowers with short flower stems, along stems which have modified foliage spines on a shrub growing three to four metres high. Seed pods spiral to form a circle, not seen.

August

Westonia and Boorabbin, and found through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Goldfields and into the inland desert areas.

Acacia cyclops, Coastal Wattle, Cyclops Wattle, One-eyed Wattle, Red-eyed Wattle, Redwreath Acacia, Western Coastal Wattle, Rooikrans, Rooikans Acacia, Woolya Wah, Wilyawa, Galyang, Quanert, Gnaamarur.

A compact shrub with small pale yellow wattle flowers. Curled seedpods which have shed seeds can be seen above right, which when ripe contains seeds ringed by a bright red or red-orange aril. The foliage consists of phyllodes; flattened leaf stalks that look like leaves, and on this species they have lines or veins giving a textured appearance.

Photographed in March, but has long flowering season with flowers seen any time between September and May

Albany, Great Southern Region, Western Australia and occurs around the coastal strip from Geraldton to the South Australian border