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Sources used for identification of wildflowers including Aboriginal names shown on these pages, and regions where they occur, are
listed under 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, 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 wildflowers in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Melaleuca dichroma (previously known as Melaleuca virgata)
A fluffly flower which opens in white, and developes through shades of
yellow and apricot, on small shrub
Spring
Kalbarri, Mid West region, Western Australia, and occurs between Kalbarri and Perth, and into
the northern Wheatbelt
Melaleuca huegelii Chenille Honeymyrtle
A mainly white honeymyrtle flower which protrudes above the foliage of the shrub, and flowers
progressively open up to the tip of the bud
Spring
Lancelin, and occurs in the coastal sandplains from Shark Bay to Augusta
Marianthus sylvaticus
Dainty five petalled small lilac blue flowers faintly striped and with prominent stamens on
a twining vine. Narrow elongated leaves alternated sparsely on upright or twining vine. Note the there are leaves
in some of these photos from Bossiaea ornata that it is climbing on.
April
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia
and occurs in the lower South West from Bridgetown to the coast at Denmark and Albany, with a specimen from Armadale
in Perth
Melaleuca lanceolata, Rottnest Island Tea Tree, Black Paperbark, Moonah, Western Black Tea Tree, Dryland Tea Tree
A large shrub with
flowers like a white bottle brush near the ends of the stems
Summer
Above left at Augusta and above right at Margaret River, in the
South West of Western Australia, and found widespread near the coast from the Peron Peninsula around to the South Australian
Border, and inland through the Wheatbelt, Goldfields and parts of the Great Southern regions.
Melaleuca cordata, Heart-leaf Honey Myrtle
Bright pink blooms on a somewhat straggly shrub with flat heart shaped leaves alternating
along the stem
November
Above photos at Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Newdegate, and to left at Kulin, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Grows through the Mid West from near Shark Bay, through the Wheatbelt and parts of the Goldfields to Esperance
Melaleuca elliptica, Granite Bottlebrush, Granite Honey Myrtle, Gnow
Red bottlebrush flowers on a tall shrub. Small elliptical
leaves in pairs along the stems.
November
Holland Rocks, between Pingrup and Newdegate, Great Southern region, Western Australia
and grows in sandy soils at granite rocks along the south coast al strip from Albany to Esperance, through the Great Southern and
adjacent areas of the Wheatbelt, and parts of the Goldfields.
Melaleuca, possibly Melaleuca concreta
A small shrub with pale yellow round blossoms with long slender cylindrical leaves
which terminate in a hooked spike
Spring
Mullewa, Mid West region, Western Australia, and occurs between Shark Bay and Perth, through
the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt.
Marianthus erubescens (formerly Billardiera erubescens 2004), Red Mariathus, Red Billardiera.
A twining or climbing shrub with
bright red tubular flowers.
August
Christmas Rock, Wongan Hills, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia and occurs from Morawa in
the Mid West to Albany in the Great Southern, through much of the Wheatbelt, and into parts of the South West regions.
This page is being added to - please come back again soon to see more Melaleuca species
Melaleuca brophyi or possibly a natural hybrid of this species.
Pale yellow fluffy balls on a shrub which may reach 2.5 metres
in height. This specimen was on a low growing dense shrub. Thick cylindrical elongated leaves that terminate in a
spiked tip and are faintly speckled (oil glands).
November
Seen between Katanning and Nyabing, Great Southern region, Western
Australia. Melaleuca brophyi occurs mainly in the Great Southern and adjacent Wheatbelt as well as a recorded site near Dalwallinu,
and extends into the coastal Goldfields with recorded findings near Ravensthorpe and Esperance. This species favours black clay
in low lying saline areas.