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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.
Phebalium filifolium, Slender Phebalium
Small cream or pale yellow five petalled star flowers with five short and five long stamens
with prominent anthers at the tips, on a small shrub with round tubular rough textured foliage alternating along the stems
August
Hyden-Norseman
Road, Goldfields (above) with photo to right seen in November near the end of its flowering season at Dragon Rocks Nature
Reserve, Newdegate, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, and occurs through the Wheatbelt, Goldfields and adjacent parts of the Great
Southern
Petrophile chrysantha
Complex yellow mop shaped flowers at top of a stem clad with tiny leaves
Spring
Marchagee Nature Reserve
and occurs in the sandplains between Perth and Geraldton
Petrophile linearis Pixie mops, Pink Hakea
Complex pink and white mop sapped flowers with bright yellow stamens, on a small
bush with needle shaped leaves
Spring
Lancelin, coastal Wheatbelt region, and in the coastal strip from Geraldton to Augusta
Petrophile seminuda
Complex yellow flower mop shaped flowers on a shrub with prickly spiky leaves. Mop stage above left,
with opening flowers at right and above right.
Spring
Cordering and Gnowangerup, and found through the Mid West and Wheatbelt
from Geraldton to Perth and through the Great Southern and south coast to Esperance, with inland occurrences as far as Kalgoorlie
Petrophile glauca
Clusters of creamy white flowers forming a Petrophile flower head, well faded here. A low to medium sized shrub
with foliage that consists of large flat leaves, with two pairs of branches before a point which may be divided into three. Points
of these leaf parts seem variable and can be single, double or triple. Hairiness on new growth only, which can be red or tipped
with red.
November, but at the end of its flowering season
Kulin, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, and occurs in the southern
Wheatbelt, and adjacent Great Southern regions as well as south coastal Bremer Bay to Ravensthorpe
Phebalium tuberculosum
Small cream or pale yellow five petalled star flowers with five short and five long stamens with prominent
anthers at the tips, on a small shrub with succulent narrow foliage which has small--bobble like protrusions along the sides
August
Tarin
Rock Nature Reserve, Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia, and occurs through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields
regions