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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.
Phyllanthus calycinus False Boronia - Male. Six petals per flower, in clusters. Small white flowers, with male flowers being
approximately five millimetres in diameter, on a small shrub. Three divided stamens. Flowers and foliage smaller than
on female bushes. Occasionally male and female flower can be seen on the same bushes.
Spring
Bridgetown, South West
region, Western Australia, and found from Shark Bay, through the coastal Mid West, South West, scattered through the Wheatbelt and
Great Southern and south coast to east of Esperance
Phyllanthus calycinus False Boronia - Female. Five to seven petals per flower which is approximately one centimetre in
diameter. A divided style of three forked filaments. Pendulous buds and when seed pods forms giving the appearance of brown
Boronia flowers hence the common name
Small white flowers on a small shrub
Pileanthus peduncularis, Coppercups
Bright orange flowers five petalled with a frilled edge to petals and dark centres, in clusters
on a low growing shrub
September
Kalbarri, Mid West Region, Western Australia. Found through the Mid West, parts of the Gascoyne,
northern Wheatbelt and Perth regions
Physopsis lachnostachya in now known as Apatelantha lachnostachya, see A
F
Phyllanthus calycinus has been reclassified as Lysiandra calycina (2022). See under "L".
The genus Hybanthus is not current in Western Australia (2021). All taxa previously recognised under Hybanthus have been transferred
to other genera (Pigea and Afrohybanthus).
Pigea calycina formerly Hybanthus calycinus Native Violet
Violet flowers along multiple stems from a small plant. Flowers have five
petals, but the lower one is large and the upper four are very small. These flowers are relatively large at around two centimetres
tall.
Spring
Lancelin and found along the coastal strip from Kalbarri to Augusta, and some patches in sandy areas in the South West.
Pigea epacroides formerly Hybanthus epacroides, Spiny Hybanthus. Hybanthus bilobus has also been included under Pigea epacroides.
This
tiny native violet shrub has flowers two millimetres by four millimetres in shades of pale lilac with fine purple striped
on some petals and a yellow centre. Tiny leaves along the stem, and spines are evident.
August
Hyden-Norseman Road, and occurs
in the Wheatbelt, parts of the Great Southern, and in the Goldfields Regions
Pigea debilissima formerly Hybanthus debilissimus
This native violet has tiny flowers in lilac, with a white patch at
the throat. Five petals, with the lower petal much larger than the others. A low lying small bush with elongated
foliage with a point at tip, alternating along the stems.
November
Bridgetown area, and occurs between Perth and Albany, close
to the coast, and into the inland South West region.
Pigea formerly Hybanthus, possibly a spineless prostrate form of Pigea epacroides formerly Hybanthus epacroides (species
not confirmed due to differences and area grown)
This sprawling small low growing has mainly white flowers two millimetres by four
millimetres with touches of lilac, and a yellow throat. Five petals, with the lower one much larger than the others, are
a similar shape as Pigea (Hybanthus) epacroides. Stems and leaves hairy, with foliage strongly recurved and terminating
in a point.
Seen flowering in September
Bridgetown area, in a clay winter wet area, which is a different environment to other Pigea
(Hybanthus) species in the area.
Pigea (Hybanthus) epacroides is found in in the Wheatbelt, parts of the Great Southern,
and in the Goldfields Regions
Pigea floribunda formerly Hybanthus floribundus, Showy Hybanthus, Shrub Violet
This tiny native violet shrub has flowers
two millimetres by four millimetres in shades of lilac, with a yellow throat. Five petals, with the lower one much larger than
the others. The second photo has been taken with a digital microscope. Seed pods forming at right.
Seen flowering
from March to July
Bridgetown area, and occurs through a wide area, including the South West, Great Southern, Wheatbelt, Goldfields,
Mid West and Gascoyne regions.
Pigea calycina (formerly Hybanthus calycinus), known as Native Violet, is in the Violaceae family along with non-native garden flowers
Violets and Violas. So in this case Native Violet is an accurate common name.