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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 ornata, Broad Leaved Brown Pea, Netic
Yellow and maroon pea flower on a small shrub with pointed leaves. Dark red veined pattern on rear of flower. Elongated seed pods
Late Spring
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and occurs from north of Perth to the Albany area, and the south west corner of the state incorporating the South West region, Lower Great Southern and parts of the Wheatbelt.
Yellow and maroon pea flower on a small shrub with pointed leaves. Dark red veined pattern on rear of flower. Elongated seed pods
Late Spring
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and occurs from north of Perth to the Albany area, and the south west corner of the state incorporating the South West region, Lower Great Southern and parts of the Wheatbelt.
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.
I am uncertain if the orange flowers below are a variation of Bossiaea ornata or a different species. Rear of flower petals orange
with veined pattern. Leaves are a lighter shade of green and softer to touch than the regular coloured Bossiaea ornata above.
This leads me to think it is a different species.
Lower right has different colouring again, with dark orange petals and
maroon keel, and maroon on back of petals.
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).
See in December, flowering
finishing
Bossiaea praetermissa,
A prostrate or straggly plant which has small yellow pea flowers that have a red centre and striping on the
rear. Flowers are sparsely placed along a wide winged stem
Seen in December at the end of its flowering season
Northcliffe in
the South West Shire of Manjimup, growing on the edge of a wetland area. This is found in near coastal areas from Cape Naturaliste
to beyond Bremer Bay and to the East of Esperance Cape Le Grand and Cape Arid areas, favouring the margins of wetlands.