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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 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.
To see
more Western Australian Wildflowers, see WA Now and Then Wildflower Gallery
See some of these wildflower
in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Thryptomene australis Hook-leaf Thryptomene
Five petalled pale pink blossoms on a shrub with short leaves along all stems
Spring
Marchagee
Nature Reserve and found through the Wheatbelt with some occurence in the Mid West, eastern areas of the Great Southern and the Goldfields
bewteen Kalgoorlie and Esperance
Thomasia grandiflora Large Flowered Thomasia
A two tone pink five petalled flower with patterning on a short spreading upright
shrub with small leaves with small crinkled edged leaves. Flowers face downwards so need lifting to see inside.
October
Busselton-Nannup
Road (to left), Palgarup (two photos below), and Bridgetown (lower photos), South West Region, Western Australia and ranges in areas
near the coast from Coral Bay to Esperance, and into the South West region and lower Great Southern
F
Thysanotus. Species of these pretty purple (and occasional white variations) are numerous, and my identification of some of
these has not been confirmed.
Thysanotus Fringed Lily, (at left)
November
This has a bunch of flowers from a branching stem, flowers having three long and three very
short anthers.
Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Newdegate, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia
Note that the background foliage
is from Isopogon gardneri. The foliage for this Thysanotus was hidden.
Thysanotus dichotomus, Branching Fringed Lily, Tangled Fringe Lily
And upright bush with three petalled mauve flowers with long fringed
edges, and a darker centre stripe. Six anthers, with three short and three long anthers. Stems branch dichotomously
(dividing equally with no obvious main stem, to form a thicket within the bush which can reach up to 1.5 metres.
September
to January
Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia, and found through a wide area covering the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Perth,
South West, Great Southern and coastal Goldfields regions.