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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.
Grevillea trifida
Divided small spikey staghorn shaped leafed bush with white pompom flowers along and at tips of stem
Spring
Bridgetown,
South West Region, Western Australia and is found on the south west corner of the state between Perth and Albany, with a few occurrences
further inland.
Grevillea paradoxa Bottlebrush Grevillea
A pink or red bottle brush like flower on a shrub with modified leaves forming a prickly looking
bush. White fluffy buds.
Spring
Seen at Lake Grace, Moorine Rock, Mullewa, Wongan Hills and other locations.
Found though the Wheatbelt, extending as far north as Geraldton in the Mid West, and as far east as Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields.
Grevillea quercifolia Oak-leaf Grevillea
Small pink blooms on a low growing shrub with prickly serrated leaves
Late Spring Early
Summer
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and found through the South West from Perth to Albany
Grevillea wickhamii Wickham’s Grevillea, Wickham’s Holly Grevillea, Ngalyanta
Red bunches of blooms with yellow tips on
a shrub with large light green serrated holly like leaves
Autumn, Winter and Spring flowering
Gibson Desert, and found through the
Kimberley, Pilbara including through the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts
Grevillea obliquistigma
Small upright white grevillea flowers on a small shrub with slender needle-like leaves.
Spring
Mullewa, Mid West region, Western Australia and occurs through the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt regions, and into the Goldfields.
Grevillea newbeyi (unconfirmed due to lack of photos of foliage)
Pink (can be red) Grevillea flowers with yellow on
the inner side and a darker pink style (the long part). Foliage consists of short spines
September
Between Pingrup,
Lake Grace and Newdegate, Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions boundary, Western Australia, and has been found a relatively small
area within the Kent (Nyabing-Pingrup) and adjacent shires.
Being found only in this one area of the state, it has
a Priority three Conservation Code.
Grevillea uncinulata, Hook-leaf Grevillea
A woolly grevillea flower with styles tipped with red and yellow according to development. Elongated
leaves with a slightly hooked spine at the tip.
August
Tarin Rock Nature Reserve, Wheatbelt Region and found in the Wheatbelt
and Great Southern Regions, and extending into parts of the Goldfields