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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.
Melaleuca nematophylla Wiry Honey-myrtle
Round pink fluffy flowers on a low growing shrub with needle like leaves. This specimen
as at the end of its flowering season and browning off
Spring
Marchagee Nature Reserve and occurs through the Mid West,
northern Wheatbelt and into the Goldfields region
Melaleuca thymoides
A low growing shrub with pale yellow round blossoms and short leaves.
October
Bridgetown, South West
region, Western Australia and occurs from around Perth, coastal side of the the South West, lower Great Southern and coastal areas
to Esperance. Some has been found further inland into the Wheatbelt
Melaleuca tuberculata
Round pink fluffy flowers on a low growing shrub with light coloured small oval leaves along the stems.
September
Near Munglinup and found along coastal areas of the Goldfields, southern Wheatbelt, through the Great Southern and adjacent
parts of the South West regions
Melaleuca uncinata, Broom Honeymyrtle, Broom Bush, Kwytyat, Yilbarra, Yilberra
The small shrub above has pale yellow wattle blossoms
with long slender cylindrical leaves which terminate with a hooked spike (photo above left). Uncinate means hooked or barbed.
Spring to early summer
Above left at Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Newdegate; above right at Kulin, Wheatbelt regions. Found in
the southern parts of the Esperance - Goldfields region and scattered occurrences further north of this region.
Melaleuca rhaphiophylla, Swamp Paperbark, Freshwater Paperbark, Yowarl, Bibool Boorn, Yiembak.
A tall paperbark tree which grows up
to ten metres, which grows along watercourse or in swamps. Salt tolerant. Small white bottlebrush flowers. Foliage
long and needle-like, and leaves alternating.
Rhaphis means needle and Phylla means leaves.
Seen in November, but can
flower at other times of year.
Boyup Brook, and common in wet or damp areas close to the coast from Kalbarri to Ravensthorpe,
and extending inland through much of the Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions
Melaleuca subfalcata
A small shrub with a fluffy bunch a bloom near the end of the stem in a soft pink-mauve colour, which can be in
a bottlebrush form. Narrow pointed foliage along a rough barked stem.
March
Albany, Great Southern Region, Western Australia
and occurs in the coastal strip from Albany to Esperance, extending inland through the Great Southern Region.