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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.
Thysanotus triandrus
A small three petalled lily with fringed edges. Lilac or pink, with a darker pink centre stripe, with three curved anthers. Multiple flowers on a low growing stem from a grassy leafed small plant with short hairs along the foliage. Difficult to tell apart from the similar but slightly larger Thysanotus multiflorus.
October November
Bridgetown, South West
Region, Western Australia and occurs through the South West, Perth and Great Southern regions, north of Perth into the wheatbelt,
and along the south coast to Esperance.
Thysanotus tenellus, Grassy Fringe-lily.
This species has three petaled small bright mauve lily with fringed edges, and
a darker purple centre stripe. Multiple flowers on a low growing stem. Six anthers of roughly equal length. A
small plant with numerous fine grass-like channelled leaves. Flower stems are ribbed.
October November
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia, and found through the South West, and western parts of the Wheatbelt and Great Southern Regions. One recording also from north of Wiluna.
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia, and found through the South West, and western parts of the Wheatbelt and Great Southern Regions. One recording also from north of Wiluna.
Thysanotus thyrsoideus
This species has three petalled soft lilac or mauve lily with fringed edges, pale petals
and a darker centre stripe. Long fringes. Three long and three short anthers. Multiple flowers arranged like
a pyramid. A small plant with very sparse foliage of long tubular-like reeds.
October November
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia. Grows west of a line from Kalbarri to Ravensthorpe, mainly in the Mid West, the western Wheatbelt, the South West and Great Southern regions.
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia. Grows west of a line from Kalbarri to Ravensthorpe, mainly in the Mid West, the western Wheatbelt, the South West and Great Southern regions.
