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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 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.
Jacksonia hakeoides
A small yellow and orange pea flower on a shrub with small light bluish green modified leaves like spikes.
A star shaped five sepalled calyx remains when flowers wither and fall. This plant has shed most of its flowers.
Spring
Marchagee
Nature Reserve, Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia and found in coastal sandplans of the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt
Jacksonia furcellata, Grey Stinkwood, Mondurn, Kapbur, Kabbur (above, below and at right)
An elongated yellow, orange pea flower
with a red keel, on a semi prostrate or upright bush with modified spiky leaves.
October-December, with below right seen in March
Bridgetown,
South West region, Western Australia and found throughout the South West, into the Wheatbelt, Great Southern, south coastal
areas to Esperance. Perth area and along the west coast north the Lancelin.
Jacksonia alata, Winged Jacksonia
(member of the large Pea family Fabaceae)
A very tiny yellow and orange pea flower of only four
or five milliimetres across on a straggly low growing small bush with flattened modified stems.
October-November
Bridgetown,
South West region, Western Australia and found around Perth, into the Wheatbelt and through the Great Southern, and along the
south coast to Esperance.
Jacksonia racemosa
Yellow and red pea flowers with a bright red keel, on a leafless sprawling shrub.
Photographed in November,
but has almost finished flowering
Kulin, Wheatbelt, Western Australia and found through the southern part of the Wheatbelt, Great Southern
and coastal Goldfields regions.
Jacksonia condensata
Small yellow pea flowers with a red keel, on then end of leafless stems in a clumped small shrub. Typically
all yellow, these have red showing on the kelp, and a red tinge to the inner side of the bracts. Flowers less than one centimetre
across. Modified leaves form barely visible scales alternating up the stems.
Foliage behind flowers in this photo is from
Verticordia habrantha.
October
Tonebridge (Boyup Brook shire area), South West Region, Western Australia, and occurs
through parts of the Wheatbelt, inland South West, and Great Southern regions, and along the coastal strip from Albany to Esperance.
Jacksonia horrida
Yellow pea flowers with red markings in the centre and a yellow or red keel, on a sprawling or tall shrub of up to
2.5 metres. Branches can hang down. Modified spiky leaves appear flattened.
Photographed in December,
and can flower most months of the year.
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia, and grows near the coast and a little way inland
the south west corner from Waroona to Albany.
