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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.
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Andersonia caerulea Foxtails
A small shrub with heads covered in tiny purple stars with blue star shaped flowers in the centre.
Spring
Above
left at Bridgetown and above right at Northcliffe, South West region, Western Australia, and occurs through the South West, Great
Southern and into the Wheatbelt Regions
Andersonia sprengelioides
A small shrub with clusters of five petalled pink to mauve flowers at the tips of the stems.
Broad leaves are layered up the stems, and have an extended point
March
Albany, and found close to the coast from Perth to Esperance,
with scattered occurrences through the Great Southern region and into the Wheatbelt.
Alyxia buxifolia Dysentery Bush, Sea Box, Heath Box, Tonga Bean Wood, Camel Bush, Darljirru
Five petal small white flowers on
a low shrub. Petals have slightly spiral appearance at the end of a orange tube. Spent flowers like candles.
Spring
Marchagee
Nature Reserve, Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia and occurs through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields
regions
Allocasuarina humilis, Dwarf Sheoak, Dwarf Casuarina (female plant above, male shrub with pollenisers at right), forming
and spent cones below
A small Sheoak shrub with red fluffy flowers growing along the stems
Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western
Australia and occurs in areas through the Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields regions, ranging
from Shark Bay to Esperance
Alyogyne hakeifolia, Red-centred Hibiscus
A large six petaled Hibiscus flower with more cup shaped bloom that other native
Hibiscus species. A large red centre to the flower. The overlapping petals have red on the lower edge of the
petal, creating a spiral effect. Flower colours range with white, yellow and mauve occurring. Growing on a shrub which
may reach up to three metres tall, the bush has long slender cylindrical leaves.
Spring
Seen at Port Gregory, where it may have been
naturally occurring, or planted within its natural distribution area, Mid West region, Western Australia and occurs through the
Mid West, Wheatbelt, Goldfields regions, but excluding most of the South West and Great Southern regions.
Allocasuarina lehmanniana, Dune Sheoak (female plants above)
A large shrub, growing up to five metres, with separate male and female
plants. Female flowers a fluffy red, on an extended stem, which produces a cylindrical and pointed tipped cone. Some cones
above are distended into an irregular shape, which may be as a result of insect attack or disease
March
Albany, in the Great Southern Region,
Western Australia, and occurs along the coastal strip from Geraldton to Perth, with a recording from Shark Bay, and along the
coast between Albany and Esperance, extending into parts of the Great Southern and lower South West regions
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