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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.
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of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Calothamnus sanguineus Silky-leaved Blood flower
A shrub with pairs or small clusters of shiney red flowers with a feathery tip
Spring
Kalbarri
and found through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Perth, South West and Great Southern Regions
Calothamnus quadrifidus subsp. homalophyllus,
(Calothamnus homalophyllus is more recently known as Calothamnus quadrifidus subsp.
homalophyllus) Murchison Clawflower, Net Bush, Mouse Ears, Blood Flower, Common Net Bush, One-sided Bottlebrush. A shrub
with clusters of red feathery flowers
Spring
Photo at left from Kalbarri, and this subspecies occurs near the coast around Geraldton
and Northampton, with some in Perth region which may be out of the original range
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Calothamnus quadrifidus, most likely Calothamnus quadrifidus subsp. quadrifidus due to the location, One-sided Bottlebrush, Net
Bush, Mouse Ears, Blood Flower, Common Net Bush, Murchison Clawflower (usually specific to Calothamnus quadrifidus subsp. Homalophyllus)
A
shrub with clusters of red feathery flowers
Spring
Occurs through the Wheatbelt, Perth, South West and Great Southern Regions and the
south coast as far east as Esperance.
Photo at left from Katanning shire area, near the Kent shire boundary
Calothamnus quadrifidus, of which there are eight sub-species, One-sided Bottlebrush, Net Bush, Mouse Ears, Blood Flower,
Common Net Bush, Kwowdjard, Queitjat . (the two Aboriginal names apply to a number of Calothamnus species)
A
shrub with clusters of red feathery flowers
Spring
At left Lancelin, above in the Nangetty Walkaway area. Occurs through
the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Perth, South West and Great Southern Regions and the south coast as far east as Esperance.
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Calotis multicaulis, Many stemmed Burr-daisy, Woolly-headed Burr-daisy
This small white flowering native daisy with thirteen to
twenty or more petals, from a branching plant. Leaves have prominently serrated edges.
August
Seen west of Sandstone in
the Mid West region of Western Australia, and occurs through the Goldfields, northern Wheatbelt, Mid West, Gascoyne and Pilbara regions.
Calothamnus gilesii
A one sided red flowering bottlebrush, with long fine cylindrical leaves, terminating in a point.