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.

See some of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.

Xanthosia rotundifolia Southern Cross (at right)
White flowers with a pattern of four at the top of the stem, grows in clumps. Centre of flowers sometimes turn pink. Rounded, slightly irregular leaves up the flower stem.
Summer
Albany, Great Southern region, Western Australia and Albany coastal areas

Xanthorrhoea gracilis Slender Blackboy, Graceful Grass Tree, Mimidi, Boyern, Burarup.

A white flowering section on top of a long stem, from a low growing grass tree which has no trunk. Cross section of foliage (at right) shows a triangular shape, slightly convex on the short side.

Spring

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and occurs through the South West and Perth regions, and to Albany.

Xanthosia atkinsoniana Southern Cross (above)

Foliage, which is mostly at the base of the long stems, above left

White flowers with a pattern of four at the top of the stem, sometimes five as in photo top left. Grows in clumps. Flowers sometimes turn pink
Summer

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and through the South West and Perth regions

Xylomelum angustifolium Sandplain Woody Pear

Cascades of creamy coloured cluster flowers on a bush or tree. These delicate flowers produce wooden pear shaped seed pods.

Spring

Mullewa, Mid West region, Western Australia and occurs through the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions

Marchargee Nature Reserve, wood pear shaped seed pods at right.

Xanthosia heugelii, Heath Xanthosia

Very tiny clusters of cream to pale green tubular flowers on a very small plant with hairy leaves and stem, with leaves tending to be in groups of three

October November

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and through the South West and Great Southern regions, into the Wheatbelt, along the south coast to and further east than Esperance, Perth region and coastal Wheatbelt to Geraldton

Xanthorrhoea preissii, Blackboy, Grass Tree, Balga, (also Baaluk, Balgarr, Balluk, Ballak, Baluk, Balligar, Barlock, Barar, Balag, Balka, Barro, Beara, Kooryoop, Paaluc, Palak, Paluk, Palga, Yarrlok, Yimmen ).
A tall white flowering stem, from a grass tree which grows a tall trunk over many years. Some of these were well over twice my height. Cross section of foliage (at right) shows a square to oblong shape.

Spring

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and occurs through the South West and into the Great Southern to Albany, around Perth and further north, with scattered occurrences to Geraldton

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Xanthosia ciliata

Very tiny clusters of cream to pale green tubular flowers on a very small plant with hairy leaves and stem.

November December

Bridgetown, South West region, Western Australia and through areas of the South West region, the coastal Wheatbelt between Perth and north of Jurien, and parts of the Great Southern, being around the Stirling Range, and an outlier near the coast between Albany and Bremer Bay.