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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.

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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 seed pods 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

Acacia assimilis subsp. assimilis, Fine-leaf Wodjil

Bright yellow round flowers on short stems from as single flowers from the leaf joints. Foliage consists of upright long fine cylindrical phyllodes, with a hooked spine at the tip, with multi-veins just visible along them. Shrubs can grow to four metres. Seeding stage not seen.

August

Merredin Peak (above) and Konnongorring, Goomalling Shire (at right), Wheatbelt region and found through the inland Mid West, the Wheatbelt, and into the Great Southern and Goldfields regions

Acacia chrysocephala

Loosely packed round yellow flowers, on short stems flowers grow singly from the leaf joints. Foliage (phyllodes) are sail shaped alternating up the stems, and have a spine at one apex. Shrubs are low, growing to around half a metre. Seeding stage not seen.

August

Tarin Rock Nature Reserve, Shire of Dumbleyung, Wheatbelt, and found though the southern Wheatbelt, the Great Southern, and coastal Goldfields regions.

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.

With around 1,200 species of Acacia in Australia, many of these are found in Western Australia, ranging from tall trees to low growing shrubs. They are found in all climate regions. With some, mostly seen only when flowering so without seeing the pods or seeds, positive identification cannot be made. Those named here are in these cases without a degree of certainty.

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