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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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A small orchid with two white downward pointing petals, a pink topped petal shielding the labellum, and two narrow upright dark maroon antenna-like petals forming the "rabbit ears"

September/October

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and found through the through the south west corner of the state between Lancelin and Albany, Great Southern, Perth and Wheatbelt regions, and along the south coast to Esperance. These flower more prolifically following a summer fire.

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Lepidosperma gladiatum, Coast Sword-sedge, Sword Rush, Kerbin, Kerbein, Gerbion.

A tall growing sedge, with flat sword-like foliage. Large flower heads are covered with small cream flowers with slender spidery petals.

March

Albany, Great Southern Region, Western Australia and occurs near the coast along creek lines and in winter wetlands. Found around the coast from Kalbarri to Cocklebiddy (east of Esperance)

Lepidosperma tenue, Sedge

A reed-like plant with round foliage. Medium slender heads branching with cream three slender petaled flowers along the branches

March April

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs from north of Geraldton to east of Esperance, through the Mid West, Wheatbelt regions, with scattered occurrences through the South West and Great Southern regions, and close to the south coast around Esperance.

Lepidosperma squamatum, Sedge

A medium growing sedge, with flat sword-like stems and foliage. Large flower heads are covered with small yellow flowers with slender spidery petals.

March

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs from north of Geraldton to east of Esperance, throughout the South West, the Perth region, the lower Great Southern with scattered occurrences in the Wheatbelt. Favours sandy and seasonally wet areas.

Lechenaultia macrantha, Wreath Lechenaultia, Wreath Flowers

A low growing pink and cream in varying shades Lechenaultia, with flowers tending to grow on the outer edge of the foliage, creating a circle.

August

Photographed near Tardun in the Greater Geraldton Council, and north of Pindar into the Murchison Shire, Mid West region, Western Australia. Mostly found on road verges and in gravel old pits, in the Gascoyne near Shark Bay, through the Mid West, parts of the Wheatbelt, to the Dalwallinu shire.

Lepidium platypetalum has been incorrectly known as Lepidium leptopetalum, with common names of Slender Peppercress, Platypetalum Peppergrass, Platypetalum Lepidium.

Four tubular petalled small white flowers with eight stamens which may have light purple filaments. A small many branched shrub which may reach up to one metre in height. Foliage is narrow with a midrib groove, and curves backwards.

August

South of Leinster, Leonora shire, Goldfields region. Occurs in the Pilbara, Gascoyne and Goldfields regions.

Leptoceras menziesii (formerly Caladenia menziesii 1998), Rabbit Orchid