Australia So Much to See
Climber, cascades of purple pea shaped flowers with two small white marks with green stripes in the centre of the standard, like 'green eyes'. Foliage in sets of three leaves.
Winter, Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and from Geraldton to Albany in areas near the coastline
Halgania anagalloides var Southern, Blue Bush, "Purple Haze"
A straggly low growing with purple-blue five petalled flowers and
a pointed dark blue fused stamen with yellow at base. Holly-like leaves have spikes on the edges.
November
Near Pingrup,
Great Southern region, Western Australia, and is found through the inland Wheatbelt, Great Southern, to the south coast, extending
east beyond Esperance
Helichrysum leucopsideum, Satin Everlasting
A small white everlasting daisy with a prominent risen centre
November
Between
Katanning and Nyabing, Great Southern region, Western Australia, and is found through the southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern,
and into the Goldfields, extending east along the coast to beyond Esperance
Halgania cyanea var. cyanea now known as Halgania cyanea
A straggly low growing with blue five petalled flowers and a pointed
dark blue fused stamen with yellow at base. Long narrow leaves have a serrated edge
September
Near Peak Charles National Park, Western
Australia, and occurs in sandplains through the Goldfields, Great Southern, and Wheatbelt regions and extending into the inland
Murchison and desert areas
Haloragis odontocarpa, Toothed raspwort, Mulga Nettle, Mulga Cabbage, Mulga Spinach
An upright annual plant that can grow almost a
metre tall. Tiny flowers are three millimetres across, up the stems. Fruits (seed setting stage) are red, with hairy balloonlike
pods which are squared, and rather like the shape of a molar tooth. Pointed eaves have jagged (toothed) edges.
August
Mount
Magnet shire, Mid West region, Western Australia and grows in the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West and northern Goldfields regions, through
the inland arid areas to the Northern Territory and South Australian borders and beyond.
Helipterum craspedioides (formerly Myriocephalus morrisonianus 2000), Yellow Billy Buttons.
A mid-sized yellow button daisy, which
can be up to forty centimetres tall. Flower stems grow from elongated leaves at ground level, with a few smaller leaves on the
lower parts of the flower stems. Single flowers on each stem, with buttons of a cluster of tiny flowers at the stem top. Base
of flower is flat.
August