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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 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.
Borya sphaerocephala Pincushions
Small white spikey flower on single stems from a reed like plant. Stem pulls out easily.
Spring
Bridgetown
(above left) and Gnowangerup (above right), and widespread through the Mid West, Perth, South West, Wheatbelt and Great Southern Regions.
Bossiaea linophylla Narrow-leaved Waterbush, Golden Cascade, Netic
Numerous small yellow pea flowers with red centres on a tall shrub
with cascading stems of flowers.
Late Spring
Brigetown, South West, Western Australia and found through the South West and lower
Great Southern regions
Bossiaea eriocarpa, Common Brown Pea (member of the large Pea family Fabaceae)
Yellow pea flowers with maroon centre and wings, and
a red keel above and Yellow and brown pea flower on a small shrub with narrow elongated leaves, on a low growing shrub
with narrow blunt ended leaves. These two colorations appear to both match Bossiaea eriocarpa.
Spring
Near Cordering, Wheatbelt,
Western Australia and occurs from Shark Bay to Albany though areas of regions Mid West, Wheatbelt, Perth, South West, and parts of
the Great Southern.
Borya constricta, Resurrection Plant (foliage only, at right)
Small white spikey flower on single stems from a reed like
plant. Foliage appears to dry off during summer to a yellow, orange or brown colour, and forms rings. With rain the plants revive
to become green mounds, and it usually flowers between July and October.
Winter, Spring
Near Peak Charles National Park in sandplains,
and found through the Goldfields and Wheatbelt regions, with scattered occurrences through the Mid West, South West and Great
Southern regions
Bossiaea. Various Bossiaea species are known as Netic in the Noongar Aboriginal language.
Bossiaea aquifolium, Water Bush. Due to location likely Bossiaea aquifolium subsp. laidlawiana
Yellow and brown pea flowers along
the stems of a shrub which can grow to eight metres. Jagged leaves are paired (opposite).
Seen in December, flowering
finishing
Northcliffe. Bossiaea aquifolium grows From Albany, through the South West, Peel and Perth Regions and a little way north
of Perth. Bossiaea aquifolium subsp. laidlawiana grows in the South West region, mostly in an area between Nannup and Northcliffe. Bossiaea aquifolium subsp. aquifolium grows in areas between Northcliffe and Perth and is also found around Albany.
Bossiaea cucullata
A pea flower with red wings, and short yellow banner (sail) which turns down onto the wings. Bush is bluish
grey with not leaves, although the short blunt branches from the main stems may be modified foliage or the bumps along these and branches
may be leaves modified to scales. Bushes are dense.
August
Breakaways, Hyden-Norseman Road, Shire of Dundas in the Goldfields
region, Western Australia. Usually found on the perimeter of salt lakes, mostly in the southern part of the Goldfields, with some
having been found north or Kalgoorlie and in the Wheatbelt in the Wyalkatchem Shire.