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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, where it was photographed, and the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.

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Labichea lanceolata subsp. Labichea lanceolata, Tall Labichea, Cassia, Senna, Spiny Butterfly Bush

A large shrub with Yellow flowers consisting of four overlapping yellow petals. There are maroon markings on the top petal. Elongated leaves give rise to the name

A long flowering season centred on Spring

Greenough River, and grows from Shark Bay to Perth and from Albany to Esperance, through the Mid West and Wheabelt, and along the south coast.

Lachnostachys eriobotrya Lambswool Bush, Lamb's Tails

Deep purple flowers in groups along a the stem, with a wooly white calyx, on a small shrub.

Spring

Marchagee Nature Reserve, and found through the Mid West and coastal areas of the northern Wheatbelt regions with scattered occurences inland

Labichea punctata, Lance-leaved Cassia

A small prostrate shrub with tiny pale yellow flowers consisting of four petals. Elongated leaves.

Late September to October

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found through the South West, into the Great Southern to Albany, around Perth and surrounding Wheatbelt, and north from Perth along the coast to Leeman

Lambertia inermis, Chittick (from Chideok, Chidiuk)

A tall shrub with erect branches, oval leaves, and with clusters of orange or yellow tubular flowers.

September

Near Munglinup and Esperance, and occurs near the south coast between Albany and Esperance, and extending into the Great Southern Region.

Lagenophora huegelii, Coarse Bottle-Daisy

A single very small white daisy-like flower on a stem coming from a leaf rosette. Easily overlooked or bypassed as similar to some weeds. Seed head is more colourful (below)

September

Bridgetown, and occurs throughout the South West and Perth regions, much of the Great Southern region, coastal northern Wheatbelt and Mid West, with occurrences in the southern Goldfields.

Lasiopetalum floribundum, Free Flowering Lasiopetalum

A shrub which may reach three metres in height, with lots of small white or pink flowers that have five narrow pointed petals that tend to turn backwards, showing deep purple at base of petals as a ring around the flower centre. The centre has a dark base and a white tip, shaped like a dart. Stems have long hairs, and hairy leaves, which are much larger than the flowers, are wide at base and narrow at pointed tip, with a slightly wavy edge.

December, and flowers from August to January.

Northcliffe, South West region of Western Australia, and occurs from Perth to Brunswick, with a few sites around Collie, Boyup Brook and Bridgetown-Greenbushes, then from Nannup south to Windy Harbour, and eastwards through the Great Southern region to Albany, and found near the Pallinup River in the shire of Jerramungup.

Lawrencella davenportii (formerly Helichrysum davenportii 1992), Sticky Everlasting, Davenport Daisy.

A small pink or white everlasting daisy on a low growing plant which has narrow leaves.

August, with some going to seed.

West of Sandstone, Mid West region, Western Australia. Occurs from the Gascoyne region, through the Mid West, northern Wheatbelt, and northern Goldfields regions.

Lawrencella rosea (formerly Helichrysum roseum 1992), Pink Paper Daisy, Showy Everlasting, Lindley's Everlasting.

A small pink, pink and white, or white everlasting daisy with fine foliage on a low growing plant.

August

Seen in the Wheatbelt Shires of Narembeen (South Kumminin), Merredin, Westonia and in the Boorabbin National Park between Southern Cross (Yilgarn Shire) and Coolgardie (Shire of Coolgardie), Western Australia. Occurs through the Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt regions, and into the South West, Great Southern and Goldfields regions.