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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 I 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.
See some of
these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Persoonia longifolia Snottygobble. Upright Snottygobble, Long-leaf Persoonia, or Snottygobble
Small tree with red or brown paper-like
bark (above left), golden flowers and edible green fruit (above right). Flowers have an odour.
Summer
Bridgetown,
Western Australia and occurs through the South West from Perth to Albany.
This tree is the floral emblem of the Bridgetown-Greenbushes
Council.
Persoonia quinquenervis
Small tree with golden flowers on a shrub with elongated ribbed foliage
November, and can flower from July
to February
Kulin, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia and occurs through the Wheatbelt, and adjacent parts of the Mid West, Great
Southern and Goldfields regions
Petrophile axillaris
Pink and white clusters of Grevillea-like flowers with bright yellow stamens along the stem of a tall or
spreading shrub. Foliage consists of multi-branching needle like leaves.
Spring
Lancelin, coastal Wheatbelt region, and in the
coastal strip from Geraldton to Augusta
Pericalymma ellipticum (formerly Leptospermum ellipticum), Swamp teatree
Small pink/white five petalled flowers which grow along or
at the ends of the branchlets, on a teatree bush which can grow up to three metres high. Leaves are elongated and widening to
near the tip, where they culminate with a small spine.
October
Heartlea district, between Tonebridge and Mayanup (Boyup Brook),
South West region, Western Australia. Favours winter wet areas through the Great Southern, South West and Perth regions, and adjacent
parts of the Wheatbelt, extending north of Perth to Lancelin
