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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 was seen, 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 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 Wickhams Grevillea, Wickhams 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 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
Grevillea teretifolia, Round Leaf Grevillea
White and sometimes pink flowwrs from spray-shaped buds, opening to form a rounded
flower head. Foliage is fine and terete, that is cylindrical, and divided into three, which each of these leaflets being divided
again, with a spine at the tip. Foliage has longitudinal grooves.
August
Moorine Rock, Shire of Yilgarn in
the eastern Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Found from Northampton in the Mid West, through the inland Wheatbelt, the Great
Southern, and western parts of the Goldfields.
Grevillea umbellulata
A creamy coloured woolly Grevillea, flowering in a tight bunch. Foliage is cylindrical, terminating in
a spike, and may be curved or straight.
August
Christmas Rock, Wongan Hills, I the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Found from Geraldton in the Mid West, through the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions, and into the South West at Lake Muir.
Grevillea yorkrakinensis
Orange, yellow or red flowers with a yellow style and stigma. Hairy on outside of flower tube. Aqua coloured foliage consisting of short flat leaves with a longitudinal groove and terminating in a spine on a low growling shrub.
August
Merredin and Nungarin shires, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Found through the inland Wheatbelt, and into the Mid
West near Perenjori.
Gunniopsis septifraga (formerly Neogunnia septifraga 1983), Green Pigface
A very small green to yellow succulent plant. The four
part closed flowers here open to a flower with four sepals, ovary and stamens. There are no petals. Four bundles of stamens
surround the ovary and style. Rounded plump succulent foliage.
August
South of Leinster in the Leonora shire, Goldfields region,
Western Australia. An extremely salt tolerant species, it grows in saltpans and on the edges of salt lakes. Found from
Shark Bay to the Stirling Range. In the Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, and Goldfields regions, as well as through
South Australia, southern Northern Territory, and western New South Wales.
Grievea brachytropis (formerly Pultenaea brachytropis 2024)
An erect small shrub with yellow and red pea flowers with a slight
vein effect of red going into the the yellow banner. Small slender leaves up the stem.
October
Busselton Nannup area and
occurs in the Augusta-Margaret River, Busselton and Nannup districts and has been seen near Denmark.
