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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.
Eremophila forrestii Wilcox Bush
Pink tubular flowers on a bush with light silvery green oval leaves.
Spring
Yalgoo, and
occurs in the Pilbara, Mid West, Goldfields, and inland desert areas.
Eremophila. These two different eremophila bushes with flowers in shades of lilac and mauve were seen in the Kimberley region.
Late Winter
and Spring
Eremophila. There are many species of what is commonly known as Poverty Bush or Emu Bush, being small shrubs with attractive tubular
flowers in a range of colours including shades of purple, pink and red,and occasionally in white and yellow. Found through
the state, with the exception of the south west corner and northern Kimberley.
Eremophila glabra Native Fucshia
A bright red flower, with the bush having elogated and slightly serrated leaves.
Spring
Sandstone,
and found through the Mid West, Goldfields, desert regions and southern parts of the Pilbara
Photo at right is of Eremophila
glabra subspecies, seen near Caiguna in the south east of the Goldfields Region.
Eremophila alternifolia (This broad leafed variant previously known as var. latifolia), Poverty Bush. A pink tubular flower
with darker spots interior and exterior of the blooms, growing on a large shrub which has elongated leaves
September
F
Newman Rocks, near Balladonia in the southern Goldfields.
Eremophila alternifolia occurs in the inland areas in the southern
half of the state, including the desert zones.