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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 flowered, 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.

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Mesomelaena stygia (unconfirmed), Semaphore Sedge

A fine reed-like leafed sedge with flower heads which have a long point at top and bottom at right angles to each other, hence the name Semaphore.

March

Albany, Great Southern region, Western Australia, and in the Mid West and Perth regions, parts of the South West, the coastal Great Southern and Goldfields regions and at a few Wheatbelt locations.

Microcorys species

Several similar species grow in the Kent and Lake Grace shires; Microcorys glabra, Microcorys sp stellate, Microcorys subcanescens, and Microcorys virgata which has very small leaves.

These plants from different locations share similar purple flowers. Small tubular flowers with five petals with a white centre; two semi-fused petals point up, two point down, and a larger petal at the bottom. Upright branching stems with narrow short leaves with a rounded tip along the stems.

November

Above left near Pingrup, Great Southern region, and above right at Kulin, Wheatbelt region. These two are very similar and may be the same species.

Microcorys species (at right)

A dense rounded shrub with small tubular purple flowers with five petals; two semi-fused petals point up, two point down, and a larger petal at the bottom, with a white centre. As well as different growth pattern to those above, leaves are longer with sides curved upwards, and a lighter coloured edge.

Micromyrtus species, with Micromyrtus erichsenii, Micromyrtus triptycha and Micromyrtus triptycha subsp. triptycha all similar.

A small upright or sprawling shrub with tiny white tubular star flowers which have a red tan centre. Short slightly succulent leaves which are as wide as long, with a slight point at tip alternate along the stems.

Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Newdegate, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia

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Melaleuca viminea, Mohan

A tall shrub with white round bottle brush shaped white, and short leaves. Trunk is hard brown, not paperbark like some similar Melaleucas.

October

Favours creeklines and wet depressions

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and occurs south west of aline from Kalbarri to Esperance, through the South West, Great Southern. Perth, Wheatbelt, and Mid West regions, and extending into the inland Goldfields and along the south coastal strip to Esperance and further east

Melaleuca species, which may be Melaleuca brophyi or a natural hybrid.

Pale yellow fluffy balls on a low growing dense shrub with thick elongated leaves that terminate with a spiked tip.

It bears some similarities to Melaleuca brophyi which has similar flowers and foliage, but is an upright paperbark tree which favours saline low lying areas. Melaleuca bracteosa has similar shaped flowers and foliage, but leaves do not have spines, leaves appear flatter, and flowers sparser. Melaleuca pungens is again a tree form, leaves are fine and needle like, and flowers a rich gold colour.

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 extending into the coastal Goldfields with recorded findings near Ravensthorpe and Esperance.

Microtis alba, White Mignonette orchid

Microtis are a small onion orchid with many tiny flowers up the stem, and having only one leaf. Microtis alba is one of the tallest of these, and can reach to 60 centimetres. It also stands out have a frilly green and semi-translucent white labellum, which is divided at the tip. The long narrow leaf is taller than the flower stalk.

December

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and is found around the coast from Lancelin to Esperance, into the Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions.