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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.
Hovea chorizemifolia Holly leafed Hovea (above and above right)
Purple, pea flower, along upright stem, holly-like prickly leaves which
can vary from distinct to almost no serrations. Seed pods forming at right.
Winter
Bridgetown, and found throughout the South
West Region from Perth to Albany
Hovea trisperma Common Hovea (with seed pods above right)
Purple, pea flowers along a straggly stem with elongated leaves
on a small shrub. Different plants can have variations in foliage as seen at left
August September
Bridgetown, and found throughout
the South West and Great Southern Regions extending along the south coast to east of Esperance, Perth region and further north towards
Geraldton.
Hyalosperma cotula, Paper daisies, Everlastings
Small white or yellow everlastings with yellow centres with a gap in the centre.
Spring
Cordering,
Wheatbelt (above left) and Bridgetown, South West (above right), Western Australia and widespread in winter wet sandy soils from Kalbarri
to Albany, through the Mid West, Perth, South West, Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions.
The yellow ones below
are the same or a similar species.
Hovea elliptica, Tree Hovea
Purple pea flower with white 'eyes', on an upright shrub. Elongated leaves
August,
September, October, November, December
Bridgetown, and found in the lower South West and lower Great Southern Region regions
The genus Hybanthus is not current in Western Australia (2021). All taxa previously recognised under Hybanthus have been transferred
to other genera (Pigea and Afrohybanthus). See P.
Homalospermum firmum (has been known as Leptospermum firmum)
This is the only species in the Homalospermum genus.
White or sometimes
pink tinged flowers are up to two centimetres across, with a green centre which turns red after being fertilised. Flowers have
thirty to thirty-five stamens. Elongated leaves of up to three centimetres widen towards the top before tapering to a slight
point. Shrubs may grow to four or five metres in height.
December
Northcliffe, lower South West region, Western Australia. They
are mostly found in the near coastal southernmost reaches of the South West and Great Southern regions, and can also be found in locations
from Gingin in the Wheatbelt, Perth, and the western South West. Favours swamps and margins of wetlands.
Hyalosperma glutinosum subsp glutinosum (formerly known as Helipterum hyalospermum), Golden Sunray.
A small bright yellow everlasting
daisy with pointed tipped petals and a flower with a bulbous base. Foliage consists of cylindrical leaves up the stems, with
one flower per stem.
August
Merredin, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, and found from Kalbarri to Boxwood Hill near the south
coast through the Mid West, Wheatbelt regions, and into the Great Southern and Goldfields.
