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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.
Darwinia capitellata, was named as a separate species to Darwinia diosmoides in 1983, and grows further north than the range of Darwinia
diosmoides.
A medium shrub with ball shaped clusters of small pale pink tubular five petalled flowers with an elongated pink style
and a number of short black tipped stamens. Short succulent leaves.
September
Kalbarri National Park, Mid West, Western Australia,
and occurs in the Mid West, northern Wheatbelt and Murchison regions.
Dampiera sacculata, Pouched Dampiera
A rich blue Dampiera flower which has three "double" petals pointed downwards and two shorter
petals pointing upwards. Sprays of flower heads from a small sprawling plant
September
Near Peak Charles National Park in sandplains,
and found Great Southern, southernmost Goldfields and into the Wheatbelt regions
Darwinia vestita, Pom-pom Darwinia
A small shrub with ball shaped clusters of small pale pink tubular five petalled flowers with
a protruding elongated white style. Very short succulent leaves tightly packed along the stems.
September
Tarin Rock Nature
Reserve, Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia, and occurs in the lower South West, Great Southern, southern parts of the Wheatbelt
Regions, and along the coastal strip to Esperance.
Darwinia diosmoides
A small shrub with a tight flower cluster of tiny white and pink five petaled flowers at the top at stems. Flowers have a deep centre and a long protruding style with a pink bottlebrush-like tip. Ten dark tipped anthers surround the
deep centre of the flower. Foliage is dense along the stems with succulent finger-like leaves.
Seen in March here finishing
flowering, but can flower most months of the year
Albany, Great Southern region, Western Australia, and occurs through the Great Southern
into the southern Wheatbelt, and along the coast from Albany to Esperance.
