Wildflowers

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Little Lobelia

Member - Tony S (WA) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:47:00 GMT

Native to Western Australia Erect annual, herb, 0.02-0.2 m high Red sandy & clayey soils, stony soils. Rocky sandstone breakaways, lateritic screes, dunes, plains.
Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Lobelia Species: winfridae Diels Main Flower Colour: Purple

Acacia acuminata

Member - Tony S (WA) — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:44:00 GMT

Shrub or tree, 1-12 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Variety of soils & habitats.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: acuminata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Acacia erinacea

John Baas — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:44:00 GMT

Rigid, prickly, intricate, often prostrate, spreading shrub, 0.1-1.5 m high. Flowers yellow, Jun to Nov. Variety of soils, frequently on clay.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: erinacea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Acacia glaucoptera - Flat Wattle

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:54:00 GMT

Acacias come in all shapes, sizes and forms. Acacia glaucoptera - Flat Wattle is one of the more unusual wattles. It can be found in coastal and inland mallee regions from Albany to Israelite Bay. It prefers the heavier well-drained, non-calcareous sandy loams, often on hillsides or around winter-wet depressions. It is a small semi upright shrub with flat green/grey foliage "wings" spreading from the central stem. Spherical flower heads on long stalks extend at right angles from the stems. Each flower head is made up of many tiny individual flowers. New growth is tinged red.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: glaucoptera Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Acorn Banksia

John Baas — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 05:59:00 GMT

Non-lignotuberous tree or shrub, growing to 10 m high. Flowerheads are cream & orange and a produced from Feb to Aug. Grows in white or grey/yellow sand, sandy loam, brown clay, laterite, granite. Sandplains, sand dunes, undulating slopes.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: prionotes Main Flower Colour: Orange

Adenanthos venosus

Member - John and Val — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:17:00 GMT

A straggling low shrub. Leaves are broadly oval ending in a point with numerous longitudinal veins. Small dusky red flowers are slightly furry.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: venosus Main Flower Colour: Red

Albany or Swamp Daisy

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:08:00 GMT

Small evergreen shrub growing to about 50cm, growing in poorly drained sandy soil. Small heath-like leaves. Flowers clustered in an infloresence 5cm in diameter, giving a daisy-like appearance. Colours vary from pale pink through to deep pink. Not a true daisy - related to gum trees and bottlebrushes!
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Actinodium Species: cunninghamii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Alpine Riceflower

Member - John and Val — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 03:32:00 GMT

An attractive upright understorey shrub growing to 1 or 2m tall. The stems are glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate or narrow-elliptic, mostly 15–90 mm long, 7–20 mm wide, tips acute to obtuse, glabrous except when very young, secondary veins distinct below. Flowers in bracteate heads; peduncles mostly 5–60 mm long, glabrous or hairy. Bracts mostly 8, or 4, ± elliptic or ovate, 4–18 mm long, greenish to reddish brown and often varying in colour with age, glabrous or silky, often reflexed in fruit. Flowers 10–17 mm long, whitish, coarsely hairy. Fruit 3–5 mm long, green. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: ligustrina Main Flower Colour: White

Amyema melaleucae

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:18:00 GMT

Aerial shrub, hemiparasitic on stems. Fl. pink & red, Jan to Apr or Aug to Nov. Exclusively on Melaleuca.
Family: Loranthaceae Genus: Amyema Species: melaleucae Main Flower Colour: Red

Anemone Stinkhorn or Starfish Fungus

Member - John and Val — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:21:00 GMT

This weird looking "thing" is a native fungus that rots down litter on the forest floor. A globular egg-like structure on the soil gives rise to a large fleshy tube, up to 100 x 30 mm. The tube ends in a horizontal ring, up to 120 mm in diameter, of bright red "tentacles", arranged in up to 10 pairs. In the centre is an annulus of sticky dark brown slime that contains the spores. The slime has a faecal or sewage odour to attract flies for spore dispersal.
Family: Phallaceae Genus: Aseroe Species: rubra Main Flower Colour: Other

Arrowsmith Orchid

Barry H12 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 03:58:00 GMT

Greenish-yellow and brownish-red flowers. Grows between 250mm-500mm in height
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: crebra Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Ashby's Banksia

Member - John and Val — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:10:00 GMT

Low shrub. Leaves greyish, strongly serrated. Flowers orange/yellow. Growing on sand dune.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: ashbyi Main Flower Colour: Orange

Astroloma glaucescens

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:03:00 GMT

A low compact shrub with bright red tubular flowers. Small leaves are crowded along the stems and have very sharp points.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Astroloma Species: glaucescens Main Flower Colour: Red

Astroloma xerophyllum

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:03:00 GMT

Erect shrub, 0.25-1 m high. Fl. white, Jul to Oct. Sandy & lateritic soils. Sandplains.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Astroloma Species: xerophyllum Main Flower Colour: White

Astrostipa nitida

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:21:00 GMT

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.75 m high. Fl. green, Jul to Dec. Sand, loam, laterite, limestone.
Family: Poaceae Genus: Astrostipa Species: nitida Main Flower Colour: White

Augusta Bee Orchid

graeme w9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:00:00 GMT

One of the rarer WA donkey orchids.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: augusta Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Australian Box-thorn

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:37:00 GMT

Intricately branched shrub to 2.5 m with rigid branches; lateral branches leafy, often ending in a spine. Leaves usually clustered, narrowly obovoid to ellipsoid, to 25 mm long, thick and fleshy, greyish-green. Pedicels 2–5 mm long, sometimes longer. Calyx tubular to ellipsoid, 1.5–5 mm long. Corolla 8–12 mm long, creamy white, lilac towards limb; limb spreading. Stamens 4 or 5, included or scarcely exserted. Pistil 5–8 mm long. Fruiting calyx not deeply split. Berry ovoid to ellipsoid, 2–5 mm diam., dull orange-red, with 5–20 seeds. Seeds 1.5–2 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, dull yellow.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Lycium Species: australe Main Flower Colour: White

Australian Kapok Tree

Member - John and Val — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 03:43:00 GMT

A small deciduous tree that grows in rocky areas across northern Australia. Lobed leaves fall from the tree during the dry season so that the bright yellow flowers are easily seen. After the yellow flowers are pollinated, large, globular, green, papery fruit develop, which eventually turn brown and split along the seams to release their seed. The small black seeds are woven in a dense mat of fine silky hairs. This material is known as 'kapok'.
Family: Bixaceae Genus: Cochlospermum Species: fraseri Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Australian Trefoil

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:12:00 GMT

Erect or ascending perennial herb to 60 cm high, sparsely pubescent to glabrous. Leaves with 5 leaflets, oblanceolate to ± linear or rarely obovate, mostly 10–30 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, the lower 2 scarcely smaller than upper ones; apex cuneate, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Umbels 3–8-flowered; peduncle 2–10 cm long. Calyx 5–10 mm long, ± glabrous. Corolla 10–20 mm long, pink, white or sometimes purple; keel darker than standard; wings paler. Pod terete, 30–50 mm long, 2–3 mm diam., ± straight; seeds 15-many, brown, smooth.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Lotus Species: australis Main Flower Colour: Pink

Azure Daisy Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:42:00 GMT

Aromatic shrub or perennial forb to 1.5m tall. Leaves alternating up the stem, often with basal lobes, more or less stem clasping, 1.5-12cm long, 6-40mm wide, flat, hairy to rough, often sticky, the edges toothed or entire. Flowers with 30-75 blue or mauve to purplish, rarely white, ‘petals’, and yellow to orange centres. Flower heads broadly heimspherical, borne singly or in open groups of 2-8 at the ends of the branchlets.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: rudis Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bacon and Eggs

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:13:00 GMT

Small woody shrub. Leaves flat, rounded with pointed tip.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Pultenaea Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Bancroft Wattle

Member - John and Val — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:09:00 GMT

Strangely shaped large phyllodes up to about 20cm long are a distinctive feature of this wattle from SE Qld. Each phyllode is a stem modified to carry out photosynthesis , although it looks like a leaf. There can be a couple of triangular projections on the edge of the phyllodes - these carry a nectary gland. These wattles form part of the understorey, growing in shallow soil on rocky hillsides in Eucalyptus woodland or open forest in southern Queensland.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: bancroftii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Banded Greenhood

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:05:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, to 0.45 m high. Grows in white, grey or yellow sand, clay, laterite, limestone, granite. Flats, sand plains, slopes, ridges, crests of sand dunes, valley floors.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: vittata Main Flower Colour: Other

Banksia

David W8 — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:20:00 GMT

tentative identification
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: media Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Banksia coccinea

Member - John and Val — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:12:00 GMT

Erect open woody shrub to 4 or 5m high. Leaves ovate or roughly rectangular with toothed margins. Flowers are arranged in short cylindrical spikes about 6-7cm long and 7cm in diameter.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: coccinea Main Flower Colour: Red

Banksia tridentata possibly

Cienne — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:15:00 GMT

Large, open shrub, pin cushion like flowers in a rusty orange colour with tough holly-like leaves.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: tridentata Main Flower Colour: Orange

Barrens Regelia

Member - John and Val — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 07:40:00 GMT

Sparsely branched woody shrub to 3m. Oval leaves about 1cm long in 4 distinct rows along the stems, slightly grey in colour.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Regelia Species: velutina Main Flower Colour: Red

Barrens Regelia

Sharon G — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:11:00 GMT

A large shrub to about 3 metres with attractive, greyish green, velvety leaves to about 13mm long. The large clusters of brilliant red/orange flowers (occasionally yellow) open in spring and are well displayed towards the ends of the branches. Following flowering, seeds develop in woody capsules similar to those formed with Melaleuca species. The seeds are retained within the capsules indefinitely.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Regelia Species: velutina Main Flower Colour: Red

Barrens Regelia

Sharon G — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:44:00 GMT

Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Regelia Species: velutina Main Flower Colour: Red

Barrier Saltbush

John Baas — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:34:00 GMT

Prostrate to erect shrub, 0.1-0.6(-2) m high. Fl. May to Sep. Variety of soils, often saline.
Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: Enchylaena Species: tomentosa Main Flower Colour: Red

Basketflower

Member - John and Val — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 03:11:00 GMT

A lanky, erect, lignotuberous shrub, reaching about 1.5m high. Rounded or oval leaves are crowded along the branches. Flowers are quite large, orange-red with prominent hairy styles. Grows in white or grey sand, gravel, loam on consolidated sand dunes, swamps and winter-wet depressions. The shrub regenerates after bushfire by resprouting from its underground lignotuber. Pollinators include honeyeaters, particularly the Western Spinebill, which can access the nectar with its long curved bill, and the Silvereye, which punctures the flower tube.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: obovatus Main Flower Colour: Red

Baxters Banksia

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 01:06:00 GMT

A spreading shrub growing to about 3 meters tall. This species has fairly large rounded flowers yellow in colour. As the flower matures small red anthers appear. The growing range is between Albany and Hopetown. It is quite prolific in the coastal dunes around Cheyne Beach.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: baxteri Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Beach Morning Glory, Goatsfoot

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:15:00 GMT

pomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis is a trailing glabrous (smooth) vine with purple stems that often root at the nodes. The fleshy oblong to suborbicular leaves are 3 to 10 cm long and notched at the tip. They are simple and alternately arranged. Flowers are axillary, solitary or in few-flowered cymes up to 15 cm long. The calyx has 5 unequal, ovate to elliptic sepals 8 to 13 mm long. The corolla is funnel-shaped, pink to rose-purple, 3 to 5 cm long, and shallowly 10-lobed. There are 5 stamens and the ovary is superior. The fruit is an ovoid to subglobose capsule, 12 to 17 mm long, containing 4 dark, ovoid, densely hairy seeds 6 to 10 mm long. (Whistler 1992) Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis is a prostrate, glabrous, somewhat succulent seashore plant. The stems contain a milky latex and may reach 20 meters in length. The oblong to rounded leaves have a long petiole (leaf stalk) and are slightly notched to shallowly bilobed. They are mucronate (i.e., ending in a sharp tip) at the apex and rounded to truncate or subcordate at the base, slightly leathery, and on the undersurface have a visible gland on each side at the base of the midrib. The inflorescence contains 1 to several flowers. Pedicels (flower stalks) are 2 to 5 cm long and slender. The sepals are obtuse or rounded at the apex and mucronate; the inner sepals are about 1 cm long, the 2 outer sepals are shorter. The fruit is an ovoid-globose capsule, 1.5 cm long that dehisces (naturally opens) into 4 valves.The capsule contains 4 densely dark brown pubescent seeds. (Liogier 1995)
Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Ipomoea Species: Ipomoea pes-caprae Main Flower Colour: Pink

Bean Tree, Bauhinia

Lindsay H — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:52:00 GMT

Also known as Lysiphyllum gilvum. Large shrub or small tree to about 6 m high, partly deciduous in dry season. Glabrous (smooth) except for flowers that vary in colour from whitish through pink to red. Leaves are grey green, smooth and divided into two oval leaflets, mostly 2–4 cm long, 10–20 mm wide, with 3 or 4 conspicuous veins. Racemes have 2–10-flowers. Flowers partly covered with short hairs that are brown to reddish brown. The flowers are pea shaped. The calyx is 5–10 mm long, Petals are 8–12 mm long. Stamens extend beyond the end of the petals. The seedpod is oblong, slightly curved, compressed, 3–15 cm long, 20–40 mm wide, and contains 1–8 hard seeds. Flowering: spring and summer. Distribution and occurrence: Grows along creek lines, not common.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Bauhinia Species: gilva Main Flower Colour: Red

Beaufortia macrostemon

John Baas — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:17:00 GMT

Spreading shrub, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. red, Sep to Dec or Jan. Gravelly lateritic soils.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Beaufortia Species: macrostemon Main Flower Colour: Orange

Bee Orchid

Barry H12 — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:09:00 GMT

Although there is general agreement that this orchid is discoidea, it appears to be known by both common names, Dancing Spider and Bee Orchid. Grows to 100mm - 450mm. Horizontally spreading petals and lateral sepals
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: discoidea Main Flower Colour: Red

Bell-fruited Mallee

Member - John and Val — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:08:00 GMT

These compact small eucalypts make a great roadside display along the south coast of WA. They occur in areas of sand, gravelly laterite, sandy clay on coastal & subcoastal sandplains and hills. The tree grows as a mallee abot 3-4m tall and forms dense thickets. The leaves are bright green, large and oval in shape. The flowers are large and bright, and as they are produced towards the ends of branches they are highly visible.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: preissiana subsp. preissiana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Bird Orchid

Cienne — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:33:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: barbata Main Flower Colour: Other

Bird Orchid

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:09:00 GMT

This orchid which grows to about 25cm high. The flower has a distinctive shiny, patterned appearance. The colours on the single flower range from a network of green, to black edging on the dorsal sepals. The constantly moving labellum protrudes, displaying a sparse yellow fringe and black end. The lateral sepals are widely splayed. Each flower is about 4cm long, laterally compressed, except for the lateral sepals. Growing in disturbed sandy soil, roadside.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: barbata Main Flower Colour: Other

Bird Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:50:00 GMT

Is the most common of all the Bird Orchids. Grows 20 - 30 cm Distinctive translucent flower Dark green markings
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: barbata Main Flower Colour: Other

Bird orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:13:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Unidentified bird orchid, Pterostylis sp.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Other

Black Kangaroo Paw

Cienne — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 11:12:00 GMT

A small perennial herb with erect green-yellow leaves, occurring with a height between 0.2 to 1.8 metres. The leaves are strap-like, between 200 and 500 mm long, and tightly clustered around ground level. They emerge from a stem beneath the ground, a rhizome, that allows the plants to regenerate after fire. Flowers occur in spring and summer on branched stem to a metre or more. Black hairs occur along the flowers and stems
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Macropidia Species: fuliginosa Main Flower Colour: Other

Black Kennedia or Black Coral Pea

Member - John and Val — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:17:00 GMT

Dramatic black and yellow pea flowers make this vigorous climber a really special plant to find in the wild. The dark green leaves have 3 leaflets and are all up about 15cm long - sometimes not all of the 3 leaflets are present. Vines can cover an area of several square metres.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Kennedia Species: nigricans Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Black Oak

Member - John and Val — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 09:34:00 GMT

An enduring desert survivor this rugged tree grows to about 10m tall and has rough dark grey bark. Branchlets are grey-green, smooth and cylindrical, in sections each about 10mm long. Each joint or node of the branchlet is surrounded by a ring of a bout 10 tiny true leaves. Trees are either male or female. seed cones are about 3cm long with several rows of protruding valves that open to release the seed. Grows in calcareous soil, frequently found on rises near salt pans.
Family: Casuarinaceae Genus: Casuarina Species: pauper Main Flower Colour: Other

Black Powderpuff

Member - John and Val — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 04:07:00 GMT

A common fungus found growing in sand in arid and semi-arid areas, often seen along desert tracks. A type of stalked puffball, it has a hard woody stem topped with a papery white cap that appears to be made up of large irregular scales. The cap falls away at maturity revealing a mass of black-brown spores. The whole structure grows to about 10cm high.
Family: Agaricaceae Genus: Podaxis Species: pistillaris Main Flower Colour: Other

Black-eyed Susan

Member - John and Val — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:45:00 GMT

Small straggling shrub with small heath-like leaves. Bright mauve-purple flowers in spring that tend to hang down obscuring the distinctive black centre.
Family: Elaeocarpaceae Genus: Tetratheca Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bladder Saltbush

Member - John and Val — Wed, 21 May 2014 06:52:00 GMT

Taste the salt. Saltbush copes with salty soil by pumping the salt out onto its leaves. This one is a small shrub to about 1 metre high. Leaves 5-25mm long, 3-15mm wide, flat, oval shaped, whitish grey and scaly. Separate male and female plants. Seeds on the female plant are enclosed in a pair of rhomboid shaped bracts that have inflated "bladders " at the base.
Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: Atriplex Species: vesicaria Main Flower Colour: Other

Bloodwood

Member - John and Val — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:19:00 GMT

Small tree with rough scaly tessellated bark over the trunk and branches. Leaves are the same colour on both faces with no intramarginal vein. Buds are arranged in dense terminal panicles. Each bud is a creamy colour, with a hemispherical to conical operculum (bud cover). The fruit (gum nuts) is a distinctive urn shape. The common name of bloodwood describes the bright red sap that forms hard shiny lumps on the bark.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: terminalis Main Flower Colour: White

Blue Beard Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 08:22:00 GMT

Sometimes called Blue Fairy Orchid Common species with long narrow blue leaf Grows 5 - 15cm First blue orchid to flower each season
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pheladenia Species: deformis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Flax-Lily

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 06:48:00 GMT

Perennial herb to 1 m high, tufted and solitary, or mat-forming; roots fibrous. Leaves to 85 cm long; sheath conduplicate, ± completely occluded; blade 4–12 mm wide. Inflorescence exceeding foliage; cymules expanded, 2–9-flowered. Perianth mid to dark blue or violet; outer tepals 5.5–10 mm long, 5–7-veined; inner tepals 5.2–9.5 mm long, 5-veined. Stamens with filament swellings 0.6–2.3 mm long, yellow; anthers pale brown to almost black. Berry 4–10 mm long.
Family: Phormiaceae Genus: Dianella Species: revoluta Main Flower Colour: Purple

Blue Grass-lily

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:50:00 GMT

Tufted, glabrous herbaceous perennial; rhizome simple; roots fibrous, most with fusiform tubers 1–4 cm long towards tips. Leaves 8–50 cm long, 1.5–15 mm wide; sheath ± papery. Inflorescence 15–70 cm high; axis simple or 1-several-branched; lower bracts to 40 cm long; flowers in clusters of 1–3, the lowest subtended by linear subulate bracts to 6 cm long; upper bracts linear to ovate attenuate, down to 2 mm long, pedicels slender, 8–12 mm long. Tepals narrow-elliptic, 6–10 mm long, usually blue or purple with darker veins. Stamens 3–5 mm long; anthers 0.9–1.2 mm long; filaments narrow-fusiform.
Family: Hemerocallidaceae Genus: Caesia Species: calliantha Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Hakea

Member - John and Val — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 21:13:00 GMT

This most unusual Hakea occurs in south-western W.A. from York to Manjimup and east to Jerramungup, including in the Porongorup and Stirling Ranges. It grows in heath or mallee-heath, in sandy often gravelly lateritic loam soil. It is a rounded often sprawling shrub, 0.6–1.6 m tall. Branchlets moderately to densely tomentose at flowering time. Leaves almost terete to trigonous, 2–7 cm long, 1–1.5 mm wide or diam., 1.5–2 mm deep when trigonous, glabrous; longitudinal veins 3 at angles (including marginal veins) or not visible. Flowers are grouped to form long brushes, with 12–16 flowers per axil; pedicels grey-blue, glabrous. Perianth opening steel-blue, soon almost white. Fruit 1 or 2 per axil, stalked, obliquely broadly elliptic, 2.2–3 cm long, 1.4–2 cm wide, covered with prickles 1–6 mm long, scarcely beaked. Seed obliquely elliptic, 18–20 mm long, 8–9 mm wide; wing extending down both sides of body and narrowly at base, not notched, dark brown with black patches or streaks.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: lehmanniana Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Heronsbill

Member - John and Val — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 06:30:00 GMT

A spash of bright blue against red sand - Erodium cygnorum is a low growing herb commonly found in sandy desert areas. Leaves have 3 main lobes each of which is roughly oval in shape with a lobed margin. Stems, leaves and sepals slightly hairy. There are 5 blue or purplish petals with purple or red veins. The elongated seedpod (mericarp) breaks longitudinally into 5 parts each with a spirally coiled "tail" (awn).
Family: Geraniaceae Genus: Erodium Species: cygnorum Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Lace Flower

Sharon G — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 05:23:00 GMT

Photos taken on New Years Day 2015, flowers at the end of their season. Flowers blue/white/purple, Oct to Dec or Jan to Mar. Erect annual or biennial, herb, 0.1-2 m high. Sand, loam, granite, laterite, limestone, ironstone.
Family: Araliaceae Genus: Trachymene Species: coerulea Main Flower Colour: Other

Blue Lady Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:19:00 GMT

Very common and widespread in WA from Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay Stems carry multiple flowers. Large brilliant blue to flowers about 3cm across. Prominent central column.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: crinita Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Lechenaultia

Member - Tony S (WA) — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:05:00 GMT

The bluest of all wild flowers.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Lechenaultia Species: biloba Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Lechenaultia

Member - John and Val — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:36:00 GMT

A straggly shrub to about 50cm with small leaves. Flowers large, to about 3cm across. Petals with large wings. Various shades of intense, electric blue
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Lechenaultia Species: biloba Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Squill

Member - John and Val — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:32:00 GMT

Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa is an ephemeral (ie short lived) herb. Linear, strap shaped leaves grow from a tuber. Flowers about 2cm across have 6 tepals, although the outer 3 are slightly narrower than the inner 3.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Chamaescilla Species: corymbosa var. corymbosa Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue Tinsel Lily

Member - John and Val — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:57:00 GMT

Brilliant metallic purple flowers are a feature of this straggling low shrub. The stems are tangled and covered with small sharply pointed leaves. Growing in heath on white sand.
Family: Dasypogonaceae Genus: Calectasia Species: grandiflora Main Flower Colour: Purple

Blue waxflower

Member - John and Val — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:35:00 GMT

The lovely Blue Waxflower was previously known as Eriostemon nodiflora. It is a small open shrub to one metre high, with small narrow leaves clustered along the branches. The porcelain-blue flowers have 5 waxy petals and the flowers are abundant at the ends of the branches making a wonderful display in heathland.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Philotheca Species: nodiflora Main Flower Colour: Blue

Blue-spike Milkwort

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:23:00 GMT

Comesperma is a genus of shrubs, herbs and lianas in the family Polygalaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia. It was defined by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière in his 1806 work Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.[1] The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek words come ("hair") and sperma ("seed"), and relates to the seeds bearing tufts of hair. The genus is distributed over southern Australia, particularly in the southwest of Western Australia,[2] where 19 species are found.[3] 24 species have been described.[4] The genus was classified in the tribe Polygaleae by Swiss botanist Robert Hippolyte Chodat in 1896. It was also considered a section of the genus Bredemeyera by van Steenis in 1968.[5] This was not adopted widely, and a cladistic study based on morphology published in 1993 suggested they remain as separate genera. This analysis placed Comersperma basal to a group comprising the genera Polygala, Monnina subg. Monninopsis, Nylandtia, Muralita and Epirixanthes.[6] They are generally small shrubs, climbers or trailing plants, with small to vestigial leaves arranged alternately on the stem. The flowers resemble those of pea-flowers, and are borne in racemes. They are generally pink through shades of purple to blue in colour, although yellow-flowered species are known.[2] Although the flowers are smaller than those of the related genus Polygala, the racemes can be showy,[7] especially of floriferous species such as Comesperma ericinum.[2]
Family: Polygalaceae Genus: Comesperma Species: calymega Main Flower Colour: Blue

Bluebell

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:51:00 GMT

Perennial forb to 80cm tall. Leaves opposite each other near the base, alternating up the stems higher up. Leaves 0.4-6cm long, 1-4mm wide, linear, hairless to sparsely hairy, margins flat, entire or with small teeth, and with pointed tips. Flowers blue, sometimes pink or white inside, white to yellowish brown outside, bell-shaped, with 5 or sometimes 6 lobes, in open groups at the tops of the stems.
Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Wahlenbergia Species: luteola Main Flower Colour: Blue

Bluerod

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:48:00 GMT

Faintly scented perennial herbs to > 80 cm high, sometimes suckering, with erect branches, glabrous but rarely for tiny aculeate non-glandular hairs on the branches and leaves, particularly the inflorescence. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4; basal ones oblanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 1–5 cm long, 2–5 mm wide, margins toothed. Flowers in racemose inflorescences, 2 or 3 in clusters in the bract axils (1 often with a shoot early in flowering); pedicels usually 2–5 mm long. Sepals 3–6 mm long. Corolla 4–7 mm long, blue-purple; tube white at base, yellow apically; lower lips spreading, recurved. Capsule 3.5–5 mm long.
Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Stemodia Species: florulenta Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bluerod

coley62 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:00:00 GMT

Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Stemodia Species: glabella Main Flower Colour: Purple

Boab or Adansonia

Member - John and Val — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 05:24:00 GMT

Families of boabs march across the Kimberley landscape, slim youngsters, sturdy middle aged ones, stout grandparents . Boabs grow into a large tree with swollen bottle shaped trunk. Found only in the Kimberley of WA and extending east into the NT. Large flowers are white or cream. Deciduous in dry season. Seeds are contained in a large hard-shelled pod.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Adansonia Species: gregorii Main Flower Colour: Cream

Bonamia erecta

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:57:00 GMT

Shrub, to 0.4 m high. Stems, leaves and buds covered with short golden/brown hairs. Flowers white-cream, Jul. Red sand.
Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Bonamia Species: erecta Main Flower Colour: White

Boobialla

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:23:00 GMT

Glabrous shrub or small tree to 13 m high with coarsely fissured bark, branches smooth or rarely obscurely or prominently tuberculate. Leaves elliptic, usually 5–14 cm long and 7–28 mm wide, apex very attenuate, margins entire or obscurely toothed, surfaces discolorous, glabrous. Flowers 3–8 in axils; pedicels 4–10 mm long. Sepals valvate or slightly imbricate at base, ovate to oblong-triangular 1.5–2.5 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide. Corolla 5–7 mm diam., white, purple-spotted; lobes obtuse. Fruit ovoid, 4.5–7 mm long, 4–5 mm diam., wrinkled, purplish black.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Myoporum Species: acuminatum Main Flower Colour: White

Bootlace Oak

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:20:00 GMT

Shrub or small tree (1.5) 2–6 (–7.5) m high, apparently lignotuberous (resprouting from base). Branchlets often glaucous, sometimes glabrous, sometimes with sparsely to moderately dense simple glandular hairs, sometimes crisped, sometimes with appressed eglandular hairs only around leaf bases. Leaves terete, usually simple, (22–) 30–42 cm long, 1.6–2.9 mm diam., appressed eglandular-pubescent when very young; apex porrect. Inflorescence with c. 35–70 flowers; rachis 70–130 mm long, glabrous and usually glaucous, or with sparse to dense simple erect glandular hairs; pedicels 5–10 (–12) mm long; indumentum similar to rachis. Perianth recurved in bud, 6–9 mm long, cream- or green-yellow to golden yellow; indumentum similar to rachis, or of sparse sericeous appressed hairs particularly on limb and dilated base. Pistil 21–29 mm long; style straight or curved; pollen presenter oblique. Fruit (24–) 26–40 mm long, with long obscure to prominent beak 1/3–1/2 length of fruit; valves obliquely ovate, 13–20 mm wide; red-brown wood zone 1.5–3 mm wide, pale wood zone 4–7 (–8) mm wide. Seed occupying c. half valve, 23–35 mm long, 8–13 mm wide, wing 1/4–1/2 way down one side of seed body only.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: chordophylla Main Flower Colour: Cream

Boranup Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:17:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. One of the rare Caladenias only discovered in 2006 by Greg Bussell. Greg is perhaps the foremost expert on orchids in the lower and south west areas . He is self trained and has at least one orchid named after him. The Boranup spider orchid, Caladenia boranup, discovered by Greg is one of stunning spider orchids with a very deep reddish pink labellum and occurs only in a small area in the Augusta shire.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: boranup Main Flower Colour: Other

Boronia

Member - John and Val — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:22:00 GMT

Soft shrub to about 1m. Mauve/pink 4-petalled flowers in spring.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Boronia Species: rosmarinifolia Main Flower Colour: Pink

Bossiaea walkeri -Cactus Bossiaea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:11:00 GMT

Rigid, much-branched shrub to 2 m high, ± glabrous; stems and branches flat and winged, 3–7 mm wide, often with a white, waxy surface. Leaves reduced to scales c. 2 mm long. Flowers 20–25 mm long; pedicels = 5 mm long; bracts several, mostly 1–1.5 mm long; bracteoles = 3.5 mm long, readily caducous. Calyx c. 10 mm long. Corolla red; standard much shorter than lower petals; keel c. 20 mm long. Ovary shortly stipitate with some hairs on margins, c. 20-ovuled.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Bossiaea Species: walkeri Main Flower Colour: Red

Brachychiton

Member - John and Val — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:03:00 GMT

Bare branches make this Brachychiton conspicuous in the dry season. It is a small deciduous tree that grows in rocky places. The branches are bare when the large bright red flowers appear, followed by distinctive star shaped seed pods. Related to Kurrajong and Queensland Bottle Tree.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Brachychiton Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Red

Brachysema aphyllum

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:11:00 GMT

This prostrate, mat forming pea plant was growing on the road shoulder in gravel. The leafless stems are flattened to function as leaves. The species name (aphyllum) means "without leaves". The bright red pea flowers have enlarged keel petals, giving the flower a flattened appearance.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Brachysema Species: aphyllum Main Flower Colour: Red

Bristly Guinea Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:59:00 GMT

Small erect or diffuse shrub to 40 cm high; branches glabrous except for pubescent new growth. Leaves clustered, narrow-linear, 4–6 mm long, to 0.5 mm wide, margins incurved, softly pubescent to glabrous. Flowers axillary, sessile. Sepals 4–6 mm long, glabrous. Petals 7–9 mm long. Stamens 8–12, usually completely surrounding carpels. Carpels 3, glabrous.
Family: Dilleniaceae Genus: Hibbertia Species: fasciculata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Bristly Sea-heath

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:09:00 GMT

Low spreading shrub or bushy herb to 30 cm high and 50 cm diam., hairs short, spreading. Leaves ovate to oblong or elliptic, 3–9 mm long, margins recurved, midrib and some of lower surface exposed, pubescent. Flowers in much-branched dichasia; bracts and bracteoles similar to leaves but often smaller and more hairy. Calyx 5–9 mm long, ribs with bristly to long soft hairs, grooves minutely pubescent. Petals 7–12 mm long. Stamens 6 or 7. Seeds smooth or finely wrinkled.
Family: Frankeniaceae Genus: Frankenia Species: serpyllifolia Main Flower Colour: Pink

Broad Lipped Spider Orchid

Barry H12 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:52:00 GMT

Common Coastal Spider Orchid Grows 250 - 500mm Variably Red Cream, Green Yellow flowers. Found in isolated pockets in the south west.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: applanata Main Flower Colour: Red

Buckthorn Family

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:26:00 GMT

Trees, shrubs, and lianas, or herbs (Crumenaria). ‘Normal’ plants, or switch-plants; often with the principal photosynthesizing function transferred to stems. Leaves well developed, or much reduced. Self supporting, or climbing; climbers tendril climbers, or scrambling. Leptocaul. Mesophytic, or xerophytic. Leaves alternate, or opposite; when alternate, spiral; ‘herbaceous’, or membranous, or modified into spines; petiolate to sessile; non-sheathing; simple. Leaf blades entire; one-veined, or pinnately veined, or palmately veined; cross-venulate. Leaves with stipules, or without stipules. Stipules when present, intrapetiolar; free of one another; scaly, or spiny. Domatia recorded (4 genera); represented by pits, or pockets, or hair tufts. Stem anatomy. Nodes tri-lacunar. Secondary thickening developing from a conventional cambial ring.
Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Rhamnus Main Flower Colour: White

Budda, Harlequin Fuchsia Bush

Member - John and Val — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 04:13:00 GMT

This Eremophila is widely distributed and has showy red or red and yellow flowers. It grows as a shrub to about 3m tall on red sand in open dry scrubland.The leaves are narrow linear-lanceolate, 2 to 5 cm long, and up to 8 mm wide. The leaf tip or apex is acute, and the leaf margins are entire or rarely toothed. Mature leaves are glabrous. The showy flowers are solitary in the leaf axils and are on a long pedicel or flower stalk. Sepals are fairly conspicuous 18 mm wide, green to reddish brown. Corolla 25–35 mm long, red above, yellow below, sometimes all yellow, unspotted, sparsely pubescent or glabrous outside; lobes acute. Stamens exserted beyond the end of the petals.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: duttonii Main Flower Colour: Orange

Bulbine Lily

Member - John and Val — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 06:24:00 GMT

Widespread and quite common across temperate parts of eastern states. Bulbine forms clumps and sometimes big colonies in temperate grassland and grassy woodlands. The yellow star shaped flowers are about 2cm across and are held on flowering spikes that grow to about 60cm tall. Leaves can be thick and fleshy if growing in good conditions.
Family: Asphodeliaceae Genus: Bulbine Species: bulbosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Bull Banksia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:32:00 GMT

Tree or shrub (in south coastal areas), 1.5-10 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. yellow-green, Sep to Dec or Jan. White or grey sand, laterite.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: grandis Main Flower Colour: Cream

Burrawang or Cycad

Member - John and Val — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:38:00 GMT

Cycads are ancient cone bearing plants that do not produce flowers. They are very slow growing with palm-like leaves extending from a central trunk. Male and female cones are borne on separate plants.
Family: Zamiaceae Genus: Macrozamia Species: fraseri Main Flower Colour: Other

Bush Tomato

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:31:00 GMT

Dense low shrub to 50cm high. Leaves deeply lobed, prickly.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: diversifolium Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bush Tomato

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:34:00 GMT

Low soft shrub. Elongated, grey leaves.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: esuriale Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bush Tomato

coley62 — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 03:57:00 GMT

Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bush Tomato / Flannel bush

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:58:00 GMT

Erect or rounded shrub, 0.2-1m high. Fl. purple-violet, Jan or Apr to Oct. depending as to where it is growing. Red-brown clay loam or sandy clay,
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: lasiophyllum Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bussells Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 07:26:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. who decided to show how endangered some of our orchids are. This is Bussells Spider Orchid, Caladenia busselliana. It was discovered by Greg Bussell in 1990. The cage is to protect it from grazing , mainly by rabbits and roos . Like most of our rare orchids - and there are less than a handful of this one left - it requires a summer bur . Unfortunately most of our burns now occur in spring or autum and are not good for most orchids.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: busselliana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Butterfly Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:05:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: lobata Main Flower Colour: Other

Cajeput Tree, Paperbark

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:11:00 GMT

A familiar sight along watercourses and in swamps across northern Australia. A medium sized tree with bright silvery green foligae and a slightly weeping habit. Bottlebrush flowers range in colour from white through cream to pale green. All branches are covered with thick spongy "paper" bark that peels off in layers.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Species: leucadendra Main Flower Colour: Cream

Caladenia - Yellow Spider Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:29:00 GMT

The orchid normally has rich yellow petals some times white to pale yellow are seen. The labellum is white with pale red markings. A version with red petals can be found. To view this orchid refer to wildflower ID 261 - Caladenia denticulata sub sp. red flowering (the next Caladenia down) This orchid prefers moist sites and is reasonably common between Waroona and Eneabba with scattered areas out to Lake Moore.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: denticulata subsp. denticulata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Caladenia denticulata subsp. red flowering

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:33:00 GMT

This orchid has the same characteristics as the Yellow spider orchid except that the petals are red in colour.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: denticulata subsp. red flowering Main Flower Colour: Red

Caladenia hybrid

graeme w9 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:54:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: hybrid Main Flower Colour: Pink

Caladenia hybrid Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:03:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: cairnsiana x polychroma Main Flower Colour: Pink

Caladenia sp.

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:36:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Unidentified caladenia. The petals are short and held up and are also partly clubbed.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Other

Calochilus stramenicola Wandoo Beard Orchid

Barry H12 — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 07:15:00 GMT

Found between Clackline and Dryandra. Grows 20 - 40cm, 2-4 flowers. Prefers swampy ground
Family: Orchidacea Genus: Caladenia Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Caltrop, Yellow Vine or Cat-head

coley62 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:17:00 GMT

A weed. Tribulus species are summer growing annuals that occur throughout mainland Australia and have high drought tolerance. The plant is a spreading vine. Leaves are opposite and made up of several pairs of leaflets. Flowers have five petals that are longer than the sepals. Fruits have many spines to assist spread of seeds. Many species of Tribulus are introduced although some do appear to be native to Australia.
Family: Zygophyllaceae Genus: Tribulus Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Calytrix

Member - John and Val — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:32:00 GMT

A standout small shrub with heathlike foliage and conspicuous flowers. Flowers have 5 petals. The calyx remains on the plant long after the flowers have faded, retaining an appearance of being still in flower.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Species: brevifolia Main Flower Colour: Pink

Calytrix

Alan McCall — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:02:00 GMT

Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Main Flower Colour: Pink

Calytrix

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:23:00 GMT

Small bush, about 60cm high. Both colours of flowers originate from same stem - they are parts of the same flower.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Calytrix carinata

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:12:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. pink/pink-purple, Mar or May to Oct. Red sand, gravelly laterite. Sand dunes or flats, rocky hillsides.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Species: carinata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Candle Cranberry

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:04:00 GMT

Prostrate, mat-like or diffuse shrub, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. purple-red/red-black, May to Oct. Lateritic soils, sand over limestone. Variety of habitats
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Astroloma Species: ciliatum Main Flower Colour: Red

Candles

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:33:00 GMT

Stackhousia monogyna is the most widespread species and can be found in alpine areas and in coastal districts in heath, grassland, woodland and open forest. It has erect, leafy stems arising from a perennial rootstock and reaches about 500mm high. The cream flowers occur in candle-like clusters (30-100mm long) at the ends of the stems in spring and summer. The flowers have a pleasant scent at night. This is a very desirable small plant for gardens but it is rarely cultivated as it has proven difficult to maintain. Best results are likely to be achieved in well drained, moist soils with some protection from full sun. Seed of S.monogyna is rarely available and propagation is best carried out from cuttings of new stems arising from the rootstock. Propagation can also be carried out by division.
Family: Celastraceae Genus: Stackhousia Species: monogyna Main Flower Colour: White

Cape Bluebell

Cienne — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:24:00 GMT

Distinct 5 petal light blue flower with darker blue centre. It has five small inner petal-like structures. It has a thin stalk and leaves are hard to find.
Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Wahlenbergia Species: capensis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Cape Range Poverty Bush

Member - John and Val — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 06:51:00 GMT

Sturdy shrub to 1.5m. Leaves crowded along stems, about 2cm long, oval, densely covered with short felted hairs. Younger leaves have a distinctive yellow colour. Flowers tomentose, white with red stripes and spots on the inside of the petals. Stamens exerted well beyond the ends of the petals.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: forrestii subsp. capensis Main Flower Colour: Pink

Cape spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:36:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. This yellow orchid is the cape spider, the very rare Caladenia caesarea.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: caesarea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Carbunup King Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:37:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Carbunup King Spider Orchid , Caladenia procera, a quite rare orchid found in a small area of the Dunsborough area
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: procera Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Carousel Orchid

Barry H12 — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:37:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: arenicola Main Flower Colour: Red

Cassia 'Cockroach Bush'

Member - John and Val — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 10:25:00 GMT

Dense rounded shrub growing on loamy soil along watercourse. Leaves with 2 pairs of flattened leaflets about 3cm long.
Family: Caesalpinaceae Genus: Senna Species: notabilis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Catspaw - Anigozanthos humilis subsp. humilis

Cienne — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:03:00 GMT

Low growing in sandy/gravelly soil. Rich rusty-orange and yellow colouring.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Anigozanthos Species: humilis subsp. humilis Main Flower Colour: Orange

Cattle Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:53:00 GMT

Erect annual or perennial herb to c. 1 m high, smooth to hispid; taproot well-developed. Basal leaves opposite, becoming alternate up stem; lamina linear-oblong to narrow-ovate, 3.5–10.5 cm long, 7–20 mm wide, apex acute, surfaces hispid; ± sessile. Flowers 15–20 mm diam., blue, rarely white; pedicels to 30 mm long. Sepals narrow-ovate, 10–15 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, broadening in fruit. Corolla tube 5–6 mm long, lobes 5–8 mm long. Anthers 6–7 mm long, hairy; appendages 4–6 mm long. Mericarps 4, outer surface smooth and ± mottled, inner surface wrinkled; leaving a conspicuous gynobase.
Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Trichodesma Species: zeylanicum Main Flower Colour: Blue

Cauliflower Hakea

Member - John and Val — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 06:02:00 GMT

Dense prickly foliage and flowers packed tight as in a cauliflower marks this unusual Hakea. Its not the most attractive Hakea, but one of the more distinctive ones. It grows to about one metre high.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: corymbosa Main Flower Colour: Cream

Caustic Vine

Alan McCall — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:53:00 GMT

Members of the genus Sarcostemma are known as climbing milkweeds or caustic bushes. They are found across Africa and tropical Asia, in Australia, and in parts of North America. These plants are perennial flowering shrubs with trailing vines or lianas. They are often adapted to heat and/or desert conditions. Some have few or no leaves and photosynthesize in the tissues of the green stems. The soft stems are filled with a milky white latex that is poisonous and caustic in some species. Sarcostemma viminale is a shrub or climber, 0.3-5 m high. Flowers are white/cream-yellow-green. It grows on sand, gravel, skeletal soils, sandstone, limestone, laterite, rock outcrops and slopes.
Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Sarcostemma Species: viminale Main Flower Colour: Other

Cayley's Banksia

John Baas — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:18:00 GMT

Bushy, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-2 m high. Fl. red/pink & cream, Oct to Dec. White sand, gravel, sandy clay. Plains.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: caleyi Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Chamelaucium pauciflorum

John Baas — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:47:00 GMT

Erect to spreading shrub, 0.3-1.4 m high. Fl. white-pink, Aug to Oct. Grey or yellow sand, lateritic gravel. Sandplains, ridges, lateritic rises.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Chamelaucium Species: pauciflorum Main Flower Colour: White

Chapmans spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:37:00 GMT

Chapmans Spider Orchid Caladenia chapmanii comes in different colour forms from nearly white through to this one - nearly purple. Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: chapmanii Main Flower Colour: Other

Cherry spider orchid.

Member - John and Val — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:44:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: gardneri Main Flower Colour: Pink

Chestnut Sun Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:48:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Chestnut Sun Orchid, Thelymitra fuscolutea, a stunning sun orchid, found in SW WA in isolated areas only.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: fuscolutea Main Flower Colour: Other

Chinnock

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:14:00 GMT

Erect to spreading shrub, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan or Mar or May or Aug to Nov. White or red/yellow sand, loam or clay, often over limestone. Roadsides, depressions.
Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Gunniopsis Species: calcarea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Chocolate Lily

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:37:00 GMT

A lily that grows through the wetter months of the year. Soft green leaves to approx. 30cm high emerge in April. In some areas these may be deep green, in other areas they have a silvery sheen. Tall stems to about a metre emerge in September to November, bearing pink flowers scattered along their length. In good growing seasons these may be produced through early summer, in a droughty year they are likely to shrivel before flowering. Lily flowers have 6 petal-like segments. In this species the three inner petals are broad and ruffled while the outer ones are strap like and curl back.Flowers smells like chocolate or vanilla. Ball-learing sized pods follow the flowers and the stems of these form an attractive sculptural feature through the late summer in garden or in the bush. The numerous tubers were a source of food for aboriginal peoples. They have a faintly carrot like flavour
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Arthropodium Species: strictum Main Flower Colour: Purple

Chrismas spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:02:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Chrismas spider orchid a late flowering orchid, caladenia serotina found over a wide area of the south west of WA.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: serotina Main Flower Colour: White

Christines Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:03:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: christineae Main Flower Colour: White

Christmas bells

Member - John and Val — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 04:00:00 GMT

A tufted perennial herb. The leaves are about 70 cm long, flat with a keeled underside, 2–5 mm wide.The flower stalk is about 80 cm long but can reach up to 175 cm. The inflorescence is a loose raceme, with 2–20 bell shaped flowers. Flowers vary from wholly yellow to orange or red with yellow lobes. Grows in damp sandy and/or peaty soils in coastal and tableland areas; north from the Hawkesbury R. area, to southern Qld and inland to Glen Innes district.
Family: Blandfordiaceae Genus: Blandfordia Species: grandiflora Main Flower Colour: Red

Christmas Tree Mulga

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:08:00 GMT

Trees to 6-8 m tall, with a single, straight, erect trunk and relatively short, horizontally spreading lateral branches from base to apex (rendering the plants a conifer-like habit). Branchlets resin-ribbed at extremities, with minute, silvery, straight appressed hairs. Brachyblasts absent or few, when present there are 3 or 4 phyllodes in nodose clusters about 3 mm long. New shoots (at least when dry) dark reddish brown. Phyllodes narrowly linear, (30-) 40-70 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, flat, sub-straight to shallowly sigmoid or shallowly to strongly curved, grey-green to sub-glaucous, sometimes slightly kinked at the gland (as in A. paraneura); parallel longitudinal nerves numerous, fine, close together, resinous and of uniform prominence. Inflorescences simple; flowers not seen but judging from fruiting receptacle the spikes are 10-13 mm long; peduncles (few seen) 5-8 mm long. Sepals free, linear-spathulate. Pods 15-45 mm long, 9-12 mm wide, reticulately nerved, minutely appressed -hairy; marginal wing absent or present (see discussion under Variation below). Seeds transverse in the pods, 4-5 mm long, 3-4 mm wide.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: aneura var.conifera Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Chrysocephalum puteale

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:42:00 GMT

Erect, compact perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-0.75 m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Nov. Sandy or stony soils. Sand ridges, sandplains, rocky hills.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Chrysocephalum Species: puteale Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Clasping Goodenia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:07:00 GMT

Erect undershrub or shrubby herb to 1 m tall, viscid, glandular-pubescent, with long and short, glandular hairs and fine, simple hairs, aromatic. Leaves sessile, stem-clasping, ovate to oblong, denticulate; lamina 3–9 cm long, 5–30 mm wide. Inflorescence a spike-like raceme, to 15 cm long; bracts leaf-like; peduncles 1–2 mm long; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 1–2 mm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long, indistinctly articulate. Sepals lanceolate, 2.5–3.5 mm long. Corolla 12–15 mm long, ±glabrous inside, with enations, inconspicuously auriculate; abaxial lobes 3.5–7.5 mm long; wings 1–2.5 mm wide. Indusium broadly oblong. Ovules 20–40. Fruit ellipsoidal, 6 mm long; valves sometimes bifid. Seeds elliptic, 3 mm long, yellow-brown, colliculate to tuberculate. Occurs in the southern Flinders Ra. and the Mt Lofty Ra. and on Kangaroo Is., S.A. Found in open forest and on sea cliffs.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: amplexans Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Claw Lechenaultia

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:59:00 GMT

Straggling shrub to about half a metre tall. Leaves small and pointed. Flowers with three large winged petals, the outer part of the petal bright blue. The 2 smaller petals are brown and lack wings.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Lechenaultia Species: heteromera Main Flower Colour: Blue

Claw Lechenaultia

Sharon G — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:03:00 GMT

Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Lechenaultia Species: heteromera Main Flower Colour: Blue

Cleopatra Needles

Maria B3 — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 02:12:00 GMT

Purple and Yellow leaves
Family: Thelymitra Apiculata Species: Orchid Main Flower Colour: Purple

Cleopatra's Needles

Barry H12 — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:49:00 GMT

Grows to 35cm in height. Early Flowering
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: apiculata Main Flower Colour: Purple

Club-lipped spider orchid.

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:38:00 GMT

photo by Graeme W. The Club-lipped spider orchid, Caladenia corynephora, found in isolated pockets over the south west of WA
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: corynephora Main Flower Colour: Other

Clubbed Spider Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 06:24:00 GMT

Growing up to 400 mm high. Two greenish/yellow white red flowers. Fawnish-yellow clubbed petals and sepals. Fairly long fringe segments.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: longiclavata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Clustered Finger-flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:20:00 GMT

Low shrub to 50cm high. Leaves are narrow, 1-6cm long by 1cm wide, rolled over edges. The flowers are blue, with yellow anthers, 5 petalled and flower during spring. This plant is regarded as endangered in a number of areas including Kangaroo Island where I was lucky enough to find this flower near Cape Borda.
Family: Pittosporaceae Genus: Cheiranthera Species: alternifolia Main Flower Colour: Blue

Coast Banksia, White Honeysuckle

Member - John and Val — Wed, 28 May 2014 08:14:00 GMT

Shrub or Small tree with rough grey bark. Leaves in whorls around stem, coppery coloured when young. Flowers creamy-yellow in cylindrical spikes. Flowers produce abundant nectar that attracts birds and small mammals to feed. Unlike many Banksias that retain their seeds, these Banksias open the follicles at maturity to release seeds. Flowers late summer to winter.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: integrifolia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Coast Beard heath

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:04:00 GMT

Erect shrub or small tree, 120–500 cm high; branchlets finely pubescent. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 11–29 mm long, 2.4–7.5 mm wide; apex sometimes recurved; margins ± recurved, lamina discolorous, paler below glabrous, upper surface usually slightly convex or flat, lower surface striate-veined; petiole ± absent. Flowers erect, 7–13 together in densely clustered spikes 10–32 mm long, white; peduncles pubescent; bracteoles 1–1.35 mm long, white. Sepals 1.5–1.8 mm long, white. Corolla tube 1.4–1.7 mm long, finely pubescent inside near throat; lobes 2–3 mm long and flowers throughout the year.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Leucopogon Species: parviflorus Main Flower Colour: White

Coast Beard-heath

John Baas — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:33:00 GMT

Erect, densely branched shrub or tree, (0.2-)0.3-3(-5) m high. Fl. white, Feb to Mar or Jun to Oct. Sandy soils over limestone or granite. Coastal dunes & limestone.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Leucopogon Species: parviflorus Main Flower Colour: White

Coast Bitter-bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:08:00 GMT

Adriana quadripartita (Bitter Bush) is a shrub in the family Euphorbiaceae. The species, which is endemic to southern Australia, has an erect open habit, growing to between 0.5 and 3 metres or more high.[2][3][4] The lanceloate or ovate leaves are opposite, coarsely toothed and have a glabrous upper surface.[3][5] They are 5 to 10 cm long and 2 to 4 cm wide.[5] The male flower spikes are up to 17 cm long.[3] The female flowers, which occur on separate plants, appear in clusters.[5] These are followed by ovoid capsules which are about 1 centimetre in diameter.[2]
Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Adriana Species: quadripartita Main Flower Colour: Red

Coast Speedwell

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:19:00 GMT

Perennial herb with long, slender stems that root to form new plantlets. Leaves are narrow and toothed.
Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Veronica Species: hillebrandii Main Flower Colour: White

Coast Swainson-pea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:05:00 GMT

Swainsona lessertiifolia, commonly known as the Coast Swainson-pea, is a sprawling, largely coastal, perennial herb in the pea family that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It grows to about 50 cm in height, has divided leaves and bears sprays of rich purple pea flowers. It is found in coastal dune communities.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Swainsona Species: lessertiifolia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Coast Velvetbush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:40:00 GMT

A medium to tall shrub. Leaves: The leathery leaves are between 2-8 cm long and 0.5-1 cm wide. The leaf margins are wavy and curve back towards the underside of the leaf. The upper surface is dark green and the lower surface pale grey and densely covered with star shaped hairs. Flowers: The flowers are pale-pink or white and star shaped. They are also stalkless, up to 10mm wide and crowded at the ends of the branches. Flowering occurs in spring. Fruit: The fruit is a hairy capsule up to 8 mm wide. When the fruit opens, there is one seed in each chamber (description from Cunningham et al.1992, Curtis & Morris 1975). Herbarium specimens have been collected from September to December.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Lasiopetalum Species: discolor Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Coastal spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:38:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. One of the rarer orchids . This is the coastal spider orchid, Caladenia abbreviata. It flowers in November and is found in isolated pockets near Augusta.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: abbreviata Main Flower Colour: Other

Coastal Spider Orchid

Barry H12 — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:33:00 GMT

Late flowering Spider Orchid Grows to 200 - 300mm Spreading Petals and lateral sepals Declared Priority Flora in WA Coastal Habitation
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: abbreviata Main Flower Colour: Cream

Coastal Wattle

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:08:00 GMT

Dense shrub or tree (rarely), 0.8-4(-7) m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan to May. White/grey sand. Coastal sand dunes & limestone.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: cyclops Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Cockies Tongues

John Baas — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 04:54:00 GMT

Much-branched shrub, 0.3-4 m high. Fl. red/white-yellow, Apr to Nov. White sand, red clay, brown and white gravel, limestone. Plateaus, coastal cliffs, hillsides, road verges.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Templetonia Species: retusa Main Flower Colour: Red

Common Cassinia or Dogwood

Member - John and Val — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 06:05:00 GMT

This bushy understorey shrub is common in dry forests, particularly in disturbed areas. The narrow leaves are dark green on top and pale below and have a slightly scaly texture, and may cause skin irritation. The small whitish flower heads are crowded into a very slightly convex flower head at the end of branches.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Cassinia Species: aculeata Main Flower Colour: White

Common Cat's Paw

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:40:00 GMT

Short tufted plants with strap-like leaves to 20cm.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Anigozanthos Species: humilis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Common Clematis

Member - John and Val — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:17:00 GMT

A strongly growing vine that climbs over other shrubs and intertwines with other vines. Climbing is done by the twining leaf stalks. Leaves are compound, made up of 3 oval shaped leaflets. There are separate male and female plants - each bears 4-petalled flowers that are about 5cm across.
Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Clematis Species: pubescens Main Flower Colour: White

Common Correa

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sun, 29 May 2016 00:46:00 GMT

Correa reflexa is sometimes referred to as Native Fuchsia, a name it shares with Epacris longiflora. Its distribution ranges from southeast South Australia, through Victoria to eastern New South Wales and continues into south-east Queensland; it includes eastern Tasmania and Kangaroo Island off South Australia. The plant occurs in a variety of habitats from mountain forests to dry mallee-scrub which together with its geographical distribution indicates its degree of adaptability. distribution mapCorrea reflexa has some twenty or so distinct forms many of which have been given varietal names, the most notable being C. reflexa var. reflexa; var. nummularia; var. cardinalis; and var. coriacea. It has naturally hybridised with C. alba, C. decurnbens, C. aemula and C. pulchella. A variable species, Correa reflexa ranges from semi-prostrate to 1.2 m erect. Its habit is compact to open and it has heart-shaped to rounded or narrow, simple opposite leaves. The leaves vary from rough and hairy to almost smooth-surfaced above and slightly furry beneath with flat or recurved margins. Flowers are woolly-surfaced, tubular to bellshaped. The tips of the joined petals are turned back or reflexed, with eight slightly protruding stamens. These are usually pendulous with two or three together on short, slender terminal or axillary stalks. Flowers are yellow green to crimson red with yellow to green tips and stamens tipped with large yellow anthers. Flowering time is chiefly between May and November, and intermittently throughout the year, and the plant grows well in practically any soil, in shade or full sun. To grow it at its best, a light sandy soil with good drainage and a position protected from wind, with broken or morning sunlight, is desirable. Groups of three to five offer added protection and enhance visual appeal. A friable rich compost used as a mulch, or lightly forked into the soil around the plant's root zone, is beneficial. Otherwise, a complete fertilizer in moderate amounts in early autumn and spring, or a combination of the two, will give good results. Regular, deep watering, especially during the growing season, is essential for healthy growth and flowering. Regular tip pruning, best done after the main flowering period in late spring, will encourage development of a well-branched, compact shrub and increase flower numbers the following season. Soft tip cuttings taken in late summer and early autumn offer best results when propagating. These should be no more than 75 mm long with a clean, smooth basal-cut immediately below a leaf node. Rooting hormone may help the cutting establish root systems if misting and/or bottom heat is not available. Cuttings should be potted-on to individual containers as soon as they have developed from four to seven roots in the cutting mixture, liquid fertilizer, such as Aquasol, helps at this stage. Because it is free from pests and diseases and offers a good return of flowers, Correa reflexa is an excellent species and well worth growing.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Correa Species: Correa reflexa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Common Dampiera

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:50:00 GMT

Low lying preferring gravel type soils prominent along side gravel based roads
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Dampiera Species: linearis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Common Epacris

Member - John and Val — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:00:00 GMT

Erect open shrub with small triangular shaped and pointed leaves. White str shaped flowers.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Epacris Species: microphylla Main Flower Colour: White

Common Everlasting

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:42:00 GMT

Chrysocephalum apiculatum is a very variable species which is not surprising given its very extensive distribution. It is usually a small, spreading perennial or shrub up to about 0.3 metres high by 0.5 to 1.5 metres in width. Some forms spread by suckering. The linear or lance-shaped leaves are often silvery or greyish in appearance due to the presence of dense hairs and may be between 10 and 60 mm in length by about 5 - 15 mm wide. The bright yellow flower heads appear in clusters at the ends of the stems, mainly during summer and autumn but it is not unusual to see flowers at other times of the year. Individual flower heads are up to 15 mm in diameter. Common everlasting has been in cultivation for many years and numerous named forms are available from specialist nurseries and/or enthusiasts. Because of the wide range of the species it is difficult to generalise about growing conditions or hardiness under garden conditions. However, good drainage and a sunny position seem to be mandatory. Most forms are suitable for growing in containers. Propagation from seed can be carried out without any pretreatment but cuttings usually give more reliable results. Named forms should only be propagated from cuttings as seed is unlikely to produce plants true to type.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Chrysocephalum Species: apiculatum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Common Firebush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:40:00 GMT

Shrub to 1 m high, rusty-tomentose. Leaves mostly oblong and 1–3 cm long, rarely lanceolate and to 5 cm long, 6–11 mm wide, margins entire or almost so; upper surface glabrous to finely pubescent with veins scarcely visible, lower surface white-tomentose and sprinkled with rusty-stellate hairs; petiole 3–6 mm long. Cymes loose, c. as long as the leaves. Calyx 6–10 mm long, bluish to purplish, pubescent, lobes acute. Fruit 5–7 mm diam., white-tomentose, mostly deeply 3–5-lobed with lobes separating at maturity; lobes usually 1-seeded, not readily dehiscent.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Keraudrenia Species: integrifolia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Common Flat-pea

Member - John and Val — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:39:00 GMT

Wiry low shrub common as understorey in heaths. Leaves opposite, arrow shaped with sharp points. Red and yellow pea flowers in the axils of upper leaves. Seed pods flat.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Platylobium Species: obtusangulum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Common Flat-pea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:00:00 GMT

The Common Flat Pea is an upright, trailing or straggling shrub that grows to about one metre tall. The leaves are triangular shaped with very short stalks and up to 3 cm long with a sharp tip. The pea flowers are orange yellow with red centres and are produced in spring and summer. The fruit is a flat pod up to 15 mm and 10 mm wide.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Platylobium Species: obtusangulum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Common Fringe-Myrtle

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:13:00 GMT

Shrub to 0.5–2 m high; terminal buds with bud scales. Leaves linear, 1–12 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, margins often finely toothed or ciliate; petiole to 1.5 mm long. Bracteoles 2–4.5 mm long, free or fused, pubescent to glabrous, caducous. Hypanthium 7–15 mm long, 10-ribbed, usually glabrous. Sepals ovate to ± circular, 2–2.5 mm long with awn to 17 mm long, glabrous and green, persistent and turning red to purple in fruit. Petals elliptic to lanceolate, 3.5–7.5 mm long, apex obtuse to acute, glabrous, white to pink. Stamens 1-seriate, up to 5.5 mm long.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Species: tetragona Main Flower Colour: White

Common Heath

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:05:00 GMT

The plant family Ericaceae (heaths and heathers) is widespread in many parts of the globe, particularly Europe and South Africa. It contains a number of widely cultivated plants such as Erica, Rhododendron and Pieris . Like most of Australia's members of the Ericaceae, Epacris belongs to the subfamily Styphelioideae, which was formerly classified as a separate family, the Epacridaceae. ... source: Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) The plants have an erect habit and can grow to 2 to 3 metres high, although plants in the range of 0.5 to 1 metre tall are more commonly observed. The branches are stiff and have small leaves with prickly, pointed apices that are 8 to 16 mm long. The flowers, which mainly occur between late autumn and early spring are white, pink or red in colour and appear in dense clusters along the stems. ... source: Wikipedia
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Epacris Species: impressa Main Flower Colour: Red

Common Leafy Greenhood Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:44:00 GMT

Terrestrial orchid. Green labellum with black central stripe. Locally common in moist forests.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Bunochilus Species: longifolius Main Flower Colour: Other

Common mignonette orchid

Member - John and Val — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:41:00 GMT

photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Microtis Species: sp. Main Flower Colour: Other

Common Pinheath

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:05:00 GMT

Erect shrub, 0.2-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. white-cream, Mar to Jul. Mainly on gravelly lateritic soils.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Styphelia Species: tenuiflora Main Flower Colour: White

Common Rice Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:33:00 GMT

Erect or straggling shrub to 50 cm high, stems hairy. Leaves ± elliptic to lanceolate, mostly 5–15 mm long, 2–8 mm wide, glabrous. Flowers in bracteate heads; peduncle 2–19 mm long, pubescent, sometimes hairs golden-yellow below bracts. Bracts 4, glabrous on outer surface, inner surface shortly hairy though hairs sometimes restricted to the midvein. Flowers bisexual or female, 12–52 in each head, whitish, mostly 13–19 mm long, female flowers shorter. Fruit c. 4 mm long, green.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: humilis Main Flower Colour: White

Common Smokebush

John Baas — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:21:00 GMT

Erect, multi-stemmed, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Fl. white-other, Jul to Dec. Sand, gravel, laterite. Sandplains.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Conospermum Species: stoechadis Main Flower Colour: Other

Common spider orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:27:00 GMT

The common white spider orchid, is probably the most misidentified orchid in WA. While common, it has different forms in different areas making for a difficult identification. A common orchid which grows to around 300mm high. The flowers can be creamy white to white. It can be found between Kalbarri to Esperance and can be found in a variety of habitat from Mallee shrublands to woodlands and forests.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: vulgata Main Flower Colour: White

Coolibah (or Coolabah)

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 01:25:00 GMT

Medium sized tree growing on heavy soil regions of inland Australia that are subject to seasonal flooding. Bark on trunk is dark grey, fibrous and flaking. Smaller branches have smooth white or pale grey bark. Leaves dull and grey/bluish.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: coolabah Main Flower Colour: White

Cootamundra Wattle

Member - John and Val — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:43:00 GMT

A large shrub or small tree. Blue-green true leaves. The scientific name of the species honours the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey. It is indigenous to a small area of southern New South Wales in Australia, but it has been widely planted in other Australian states and territories. In many areas it has become naturalised and is regarded as a weed, out-competing indigenous species.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: baileyana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Coppercups

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:13:00 GMT

A low sprawling shrub to 1.5m tall. Leaves small. Each of the 5 petals edged with a fringe of hairs. Flowers about 2cm across.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Pileanthus Species: peduncularis Main Flower Colour: Orange

Coral Vine

Member - John and Val — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 19:59:00 GMT

Multicoloured pea flowers stand out on this twining climber. It has glossy green leaves made up of 3 distinct leaflets. Flowers are about 2cm across, with orange and mauve/pink petals with yellow markings.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Kennedia Species: coccinea Main Flower Colour: Orange

Corky Honeymyrtle

Member - John and Val — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:57:00 GMT

Straggling low shrub to about 1m. Branches covered with thick ridged corky grey bark. Pinkish-mauve flowers produced directly on woody stems. Grows in sandy areas
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Species: suberosa Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Correa backhouseana var. coriacea

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:29:00 GMT

Family: Rutaceae Genus: Correa Species: backhouseana var. coriacea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Cossack Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:01:00 GMT

One of the listed rare species
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: dorrienii Main Flower Colour: White

Cottonheads

Member - John and Val — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:36:00 GMT

Small tufted perennial with pointed grass-like leaves. About 25cm tall. Common growing in sand among heath.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Conostylis Species: aculeata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Couch honey-pot

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 09:06:00 GMT

It was known as a Dryandra until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to the Genus Banksia. It is a prostrate shrub endemic to Western Australia. Mainly in the South West It grows to a height and width of up to 0.5mtr, although it is very common for many plants to be growing side by side; thus the clump may be several metres across.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: dallaneyi Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Cow Kicks

Sharon G — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:32:00 GMT

Trigger Plants
Family: Stylidiaceae Genus: Stylidium Species: schoenoides Main Flower Colour: White

Cowslip Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:47:00 GMT

Flowers about 2cm across. Petals with bright orange/red spots. One or two furry leaves. Often flowering in colonies.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: flava ssp. maculata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Cowslip Orchid Hybrid

Barry H12 — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 02:51:00 GMT

Very common throughout WA. This is a hybrid type. Grows in dense colonies and is a hybrid between cowslip (C flava) and pink fairies (C. latifolia).
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: x spectablis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Creamy Candles

Member - John and Val — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 23:24:00 GMT

Glabrous perennial, with spikes of creamy-white flowers on erect stems. Grows to 35cm tall with a tufted habit.
Family: Celastraceae Genus: Stackhousia Species: monogyna Main Flower Colour: White

Creek Wilga

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:15:00 GMT

Glabrous resinous shrub or small tree to 7 m high, branches non-tuberculate. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 7–20 cm long, 4.5–14 mm wide, apex attenuate, margins entire or rarely toothed, glabrous. Flowers solitary in axils; pedicel 5–24 mm long. Sepals imbricate, ovate, 5–10.5 mm long, 3–4.5 mm wide, apex acute to attenuate, glabrous, green. Corolla 20–30 mm long, cream tinged pink or brown above, rarely carmine, spotted carmine or yellow-brown, glabrous outside; lobes obtuse. Stamens extending to just beyond throat or enclosed. Fruit ovoid, 15–20 mm long, 10–15 mm diam., split towards apex, glabrous.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: bignoniiflora Main Flower Colour: White

Creeping Brookweed

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:25:00 GMT

Herb with stems erect to creeping, 5–60 cm long; stems usually wrinkled or warty. Cauline leaves 2–8 mm wide. Flowers in leafy racemes, terminal or subterminal; floral bract ± leaf-like, usually 5 mm or more long and situated at the base of the pedicel. Sepals 2–3 mm long. Petals c. 5–7 mm long, white or occasionally pale pink.
Family: Primulaceae Genus: Samolus Species: repens Main Flower Colour: White

Creeping Mulla Mulla

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:49:00 GMT

Prostrate creeper. Leaves oval to lance shaped. Flower heads made of many small flowers. The heads have a fluffy appearance due to feathery bracts surrounding the small flowers.
Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Species: axillaris Main Flower Colour: White

Crimson Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:10:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: footeana Main Flower Colour: Red

Crimson Turkey Bush

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:15:00 GMT

Shrub, (0.3-)0.8-3 m high. Fl. red-pink-blue-cream, Apr to Oct. Stony red clay, loam or sandy soils over sandstone, granite, ironstone. Gibber plains, rocky ridges & hillslopes, creeklines.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: latrobei Main Flower Colour: Red

Cross-leaf Honey-Myrtle

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:14:00 GMT

Melaleuca decussata, commonly known as Cross-leaf Honey-Myrtle or Totem Poles, is a shrub or small tree in the genus Melaleuca. It is native to South Australia and both native and naturalised in Victoria. The species grows to 4 metres in height.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Species: decussata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Crotalaria eremaea, Bluebush Pea, Desert Rattlepod

Maureen C — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 08:17:00 GMT

Crotalaria eremaea is a widely distributed shrub of central Australia and a relatively common species growing on sand dunes. Densely woolly erect woody herb with yellow flowers, the Desert rattlepod, or Bluebush pea, grows to about 1 metre in height. Leaflets smooth, oval-shaped, folded to 8x3.5 cm; yellow pea-like flowers on spikes; pods to 3x0.7 cm, beaked at the tip, with up to eight seeds.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Crotalaria Species: eremaea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Crowea angustifolia

John Baas — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:08:00 GMT

Diffuse shrub, 0.3-2 m high, leaves linear to narrow-oblong. Fl. pink/white, Sep to Oct. Sandy clay, gravel. Ridge tops & slopes.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Crowea Species: angustifolia Main Flower Colour: Pink

Crowea angustifolia var. platyphylla

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:30:00 GMT

A slender erect shrub growing to about 2m. Soft leaves are elliptical in shape, about 2cm wide, with toothed margins. White or occasionally pink 5-petalled, star shaped flowers about 2.5cm across are set in the leaf axils in clusters of 2 to 4 flowers.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Crowea Species: angustifolia var. platyphylla Main Flower Colour: White

Cryptandra

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:50:00 GMT

Rounded dense shrub to 1m tall. Leaves spear shaped, about 1.5cm long tapering to a pointed end.
Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Cryptandra Species: scortechinii Main Flower Colour: White

Cup Velleia

Member - John and Val — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 06:35:00 GMT

An erect herb growing to about 60cm high. Basal leaves oblong in shape 5–20 cm long, to 8 cm wide, margins toothed to lobed, smooth, grey green. Along the upright flowering stem are bracteoles that are fused into a cup, to 6 cm across with a slightly toothed margin. Flower about 2cm long, yellow-brown. Grows in red sand.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Velleia Species: connata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Curly Mallee, Arkaroola Mallee

Member - John and Val — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 06:31:00 GMT

Mallee to 5m, somewhat tumbledown habit. Bark rough on lower branches, smooth above. Leaves grey-green, broad and sessile (without a leaf stalk) and arranged in opposite pairs. Buds with conical cap, in groups of 7. Flowers cream.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: gillii Main Flower Colour: Cream

Curly Pink-bells - Kangaroo Island Endemic

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:24:00 GMT

Compact, rush like and almost leafless dwarf shrub. Profuse 5 petalled deep pink flowers that flowers in spring. There is also a very rare white flowered form, and the plant is endemic to Kangaroo Island.
Family: Elaeocarpaceae Genus: Tetratheca Species: halmaturina Main Flower Colour: Pink

Currant Bush

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:03:00 GMT

Rigid, divaricate & spiny shrub, 0.2-2 m high, with dwarf branchlets. Fl. white-cream/yellow, Jan to Dec.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: spinescens Main Flower Colour: White

Cushion Fanflower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:03:00 GMT

Scaevola crassifolia is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia and South Australia. Common names include Cushion Fanflower, Thick-leaved Fanflower and Thick-leaved Scaevola. It grows up to 1.5 metres wide and 3 metres wide and produces white, blue or pale purple flowers from July to February in its native range.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: crassifolia Main Flower Colour: Blue

Custard Orchid

graeme w9 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:52:00 GMT

A yellow sun orchid
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: villosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Cut-leaf Banksia

Member - John and Val — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:34:00 GMT

One of many striking features of this dense shrub is the leaf shape that gives rise to the common name of Cut-leaf Banksia. The Latin name praemorsa means "bitten off" referring to the sharply cut (or bitten) off tip of the toothed leaves. The other striking feature is the flower spikes that are large and distinctive in their unusual pinkish-fawn colour. The old flowers persist on the floral spike as a mass of fuzzy grey fibrous material. This Banksia grows in heath on old sand dunes, often over limestone or granite.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: praemorsa Main Flower Colour: Other

Cut-leaf Goodenia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:07:00 GMT

Decumbent to ascending herb to 40 cm high, with crisped simple hairs or glabrous.Basal leaves oblong to oblanceolate, mostly 5–8 cm long, 3–20 mm wide, margins toothed to pinnatisect with oblong to linear lobes. Flowers in leafy racemes or subumbels; stalks 20–120 mm long, without bracteoles. Sepals lanceolate, 2.5–5 mm long. Corolla 8–19 mm long, bright yellow, glabrous or with few crisped hairs outside, densely bearded inside; lobes often reflexed; wings to 2.5 mm wide, narrower above auricle. Indusium depressed-ovate, 1–1.5 mm long, bearded beneath.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: pinnatifida Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Cyanostegia or Tinsel Flower

Member - John and Val — Sun, 18 May 2014 02:12:00 GMT

With its startling purple flowers, Cyanostegia could almost be mistaken for a weed. But its a true Australian native. Rounded, open woody shrub to about 1m. Oval leaves with serrated edges. Dark purple flowers about 2.5cm across, surrounded by a glossy purple calyx which stays on the plant after the flower has died off.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Cyanostegia Species: cyanocalyx Main Flower Colour: Purple

Daisybush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:13:00 GMT

Variable shrub up to 1.5m. Leaves small and rounded.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: ramulosa Main Flower Colour: White

Daisybush

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:43:00 GMT

A dense woody shrub growing to about 1m high. small rectangular shaped leaves covered with hairs giving a greyish appearance. Flowerheads about 2cm across.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: White

Dampiera

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:53:00 GMT

Low growing spreading soft shrub to 30cm. Small leaves covered with a felt of white hairs.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Dampiera Main Flower Colour: Blue

Dancing Spider Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:18:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.09-0.45 m high, horizontally arranged flowers. Grows in grey, brown or black sand, granitic loam. Sandy Banksia woodland, mallee woodland on margins of salt lakes. Although there is general agreement that this orchid is discoidea, it appears to be known by both common names, Dancing Spider and Bee Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: discoidea Main Flower Colour: Other

Dark Banded Greenhood

Barry H12 — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 06:16:00 GMT

Common Banded Greenhood Flowers have fleshy appearance Broad flattened sepal Distinctive reddish hood
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: sanguinea Main Flower Colour: Red

Darling Lily

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:00:00 GMT

Clump-forming herb, lacking a pseudostem. Leaves several, basal, ± spreading, broad-linear, 30–80 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, margins ± rough. Scape 10–75 cm high; umbel 5–16-flowered; bracts membranous to papery, to 16 cm long; pedicels 1.5–7 cm long. Flowers with heavy scent. Perianth tube 2–11 cm long; lobes elliptic to oblanceolate, 3–10 cm long, spreading, white to yellowish. Stamens with filaments 2.5–6.5 cm long, pink or purple; anthers 4–12 mm long, ± crescent-shaped, yellow. Beak on ovary absent or to 10 mm long.
Family: Amaryllidaceae Genus: Crinum Species: flaccidum Main Flower Colour: Cream

Dead Finish

Member - John and Val — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 23:35:00 GMT

So tough that when everything else is "dead and finished" this acacia will still be hanging in there. Widespread in arid inland areas. A prickly shrub with a straggling, spreading habit. Bright green foliage is rigid and angular ending in a sharp point, 3 or 4 phyllodes clustered together. Each phyllode is about 3cm long. Flower heads bright yellow balls. Seed pods curled or twisted.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: tetragonophylla Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Dead Man's Foot or Horse Dung Fungus

Member - John and Val — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:18:00 GMT

Not pretty; but as its common along roads and tracks its worth including. Its a very common yellow-brown puff-ball fungus, that grows in a mycorrhizal relationship with at least Eucalyptus species. Pisolithus fungi are very widespread, especially in gravel and along the edges of bitumen roads. They even push up through bitumen! The rounded yellow-brown puffballs grow singly or in clumps, and each puffball can reach 8 cm across. Inside the skin, there is a dark mass of small (4 mm across) pea-like spore-bearing bodies called peridioles. Over time they break down releasing a mass of brown powdery spores.
Family: Pisolithaceae Genus: Pisolithus Species: albus Main Flower Colour: Other

Dense Clawflower

Sharon G — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:43:00 GMT

Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calothamnus Species: pinifolius Main Flower Colour: Red

Dense Mignonette Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:22:00 GMT

Widespread in Lower South West of WA. Grows 20-50cm Can have up to 150 flowers in the cone shaped flower spike
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Microtis Species: graniticola Main Flower Colour: Other

Derwent Speedwell

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:56:00 GMT

Woody herb to c. 140 cm high; stems several or many from a large woody rootstock, mostly erect and unbranched below inflorescence, glabrous or with short, fine curved or twisted hairs in longitudinal bands or rarely over whole surface; each stem persisting for 1 or 2 seasons. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, mostly 5–20 cm long, 12–45 mm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate to truncate or cordate, margins with 30–80 pairs of apiculate teeth; sessile or with short broad petiole. Racemes mostly 8–25 cm long, 40–100-flowered. Calyx lobes 2–5 mm long and 0.7–1 mm wide in fruit, glabrous or with scattered short glandular hairs. Corolla 5–9 mm long, white or pale lilac or pale blue. Capsule narrow- to broad-obovate, 2.8–5.5 mm long, 2.5–4.5 mm wide, apex acute or truncate or emarginate, glabrous or with short hairs on upper margin, slightly glossy. Is very cold tolerant, growing at elevation on steep slopes and in rocky soil. Common along road cuttings in the Brindabella ranges.
Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Veronica Species: derwentiana Main Flower Colour: White

Desert Banksia

Member - John and Val — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:58:00 GMT

Medium size rounded shrub to 2m tall. Leaves wedge shaped, wider towards the tip, with sharply serrated edges. Flower spikes up to 10cm long. Flowers grey-gren in the bud stage, opening to brownish yellow when open. Old flowers are persistent and hide the seed-bearing follicles.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: ornata Main Flower Colour: Other

Desert Banksia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:30:00 GMT

The Desert Banksia (Banksia ornata) is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia which grows up to 3 m tall. It occurs in western Victoria, and in South Australia, where it is common on the Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island and east of Adelaide, but is apparently absent from Yorke Peninsula. It tends to grow in mallee and heathland environments in sandy well drained soils. Its flowers exist as cylindrical spikes which are initially yellow/green to yellow, and turn bronze in when aged. The Desert Banksia flowers in late winter to spring. The green leaves are elongated wedge shaped with serrated edges about 20 mm wide and 100 mm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: ornata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Desert cassia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:43:00 GMT

Shrub or tree 1-3m tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, composed of 1-4 pairs of narrow cylindrical leaflets, leaflets 2-4cm long, about 1mm wide, hairless. Flowers yellow, with 5 petals. Flowers in clusters of 3-10 flowers, the stalks arisng from the bases of the leaves
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Senna Species: artemisioides subsp. filifolia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Desert Fuschia

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:14:00 GMT

Prostrate, spreading or erect shrub, 0.1-1.2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Mar to Nov. Red-brown sand, clay or loam soils, laterite. Stony flats, low rises, flat plains, granite outcrops.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: gilesii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Desert Heath Myrtle

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:15:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high (-1.8). Fl. white/pink, Apr to Oct (probably opportunistic). Red sand, yellow clayey soil, laterite, sandstone, granite. Sand dunes, sandplains, high rocky sites.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Aluta Species: maisonneuvei Main Flower Colour: Pink

Desert Lime

Lindsay H — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:30:00 GMT

A desert tree growing to 5 meters that has thorns while small to deter grazing by kangaroos. After reaching sufficient height it stops growing the thorns.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Citrus Species: glauca Main Flower Colour: White

Desert or Native Poplar

John Baas — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:35:00 GMT

Spread right across the arid inland the native poplar is a pyramidal shrub or tree, 2-10 m high. Flowres are yellow-green and occur between April and October. Grows in Red sand, loam or gravel, across Plains, sand dunes, hills.
Family: Gyrostemonaceae Genus: Codonocarpus Species: cotinifolius Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Desert Pepperflower

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:41:00 GMT

Prostrate to ascending perennial, herb, 0.15-0.4(-0.6) m high, to 4 m wide. Fl. white-pink, Apr to Sep. Sandy or loamy soils. Sandplains, sand dunes, stony flats & hillsides
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Diplopeltis Species: stuartii Main Flower Colour: White

Desert Star Flower

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 03:26:00 GMT

A small to medium shrub with extremely small leaves and pink to purple star shaped flowers.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Species: Carinata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Digger's Speedwell, Blue Veronica

Member - John and Val — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 06:59:00 GMT

This unusual low shrub can be found in the understorey between about 700 to 1200m where it often masquerades as a small eucalypt. Its blue-grey, rounded leaves are in pairs, fused around the upright stems. Bright blue or mauve-blue flowers have 4 petals and are about 2cm across.
Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Veronica Species: perfoliata Main Flower Colour: Blue

Diplopeltis huegelii

Member - John and Val — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 07:45:00 GMT

A sparse shrub growing about 1.5m high and forming a dense roadside colony. Flowers at the ends of branches, each with 4 pale mauve "stalked" petals and 5 sepals.
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Diplopeltis Species: huegelii Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Diuris picta

John Baas — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:01:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.2-0.35 m high. Fl. cream & white & purple/yellow & brown & purple, Sep to Oct. Sand, loam. Wet seepages, run-off areas around granite outcrops.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: picta Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Dodonaea rigida

John Baas — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 10:00:00 GMT

Widespread across desert areas. Erect shrub, 0.7-2 m high. Sandy soils. Sand dunes, rocky ironstone rises.
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Dodonaea Species: rigida Main Flower Colour: Red

Dogwood- possibly?

Rick (S.A.) — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:02:00 GMT

Attractive weeping habit, to 6 m high. Leaves very similar to Acacia stenophylla but tree form not at all similar, or along drainage lines. Flower colour not observed. Very long (approx 15 to 400 mm) flat green seedpods with large dark brown seeds inside, not dissimilar on first glance to a thin broadbean pod.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Other

Dolphin Wattle

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:55:00 GMT

Triangular, dolphin shaped phyllodes (modified leaf stalks that look like and act as leaves) is the memorable characteristic of this small shrub. It grows about one metre high and although tough it has arching branches. The phyllodes have sharp points. Globular (but slightly elongated) flowerheads are carried along the stem in the axils of each phyllode. Grows in sand.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: delphina Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Donkey Orchid

Cienne — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:19:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: sp. "south coast" Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Donkey Orchid

Cienne — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:30:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Main Flower Colour: Other

Downy Geranium

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:11:00 GMT

Perennial herb to 50 cm high; stems pubescent with soft retrorse hairs often closely appressed, sometimes glabrescent and often rooting at the nodes; taproot thickened. Basal leaves not persistent in summer, larger than stem leaves; stem leaves opposite, palmatisect with lamina ± circular to broad-ovate in outline, 1.5–3.5 cm long and to 5 cm wide, 5–7-lobed; lobes narrow-obovate and toothed, pubescent, lower surface often paler and purplish; petiole 1.5–3.5 cm long. Flowers usually solitary; peduncle and pedicel together 2–4 cm long. Sepals c. 6 mm long. Petals 5–6 mm long, pink with translucent veins. Anthers yellow.
Family: Geraniaceae Genus: Geranium Species: potentilloides Main Flower Colour: Pink

Dragon Orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:20:00 GMT

A small terrestrial orchid, growing to about 25cm high. Petals and sepals are green with a maroon stripe. Labellum covered with maroon hairs. The labellum of the Dragon Orchid seems to resemble a female Thynnid Wasp and it also excretes the scent of this wasp. The male wasp becomes stuck on the hairs of the labellum and can only escape by moving towards the column and in doing so becomes a pollinator. Favours damp areas. Previously named Drakonorchis barbarossa
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: barbarossa Main Flower Colour: Red

Dragon Tree

MickO — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:57:00 GMT

A native of northern Australia, it is found in the Pilbara and Kimberley areas and eastward into Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It also grows in a small area on the western side of the Cape York peninsular, Queensland. This species occurs in the hot arid, hot semi-arid, hot sub-humid and hot humid zones. It dislikes frost. Growing along river banks, in depressions or in areas where a high groundwater table exists. It grows on alluvial plains where the soil varies from deep sands to heavy, black, alkaline clays. It will tolerate saline or waterlogged conditions.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Sesbania Species: formosa Main Flower Colour: White

Drooping Velvet Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:40:00 GMT

Lasiopetalum schulzenii, commonly known as drooping velvet bush, is a common shrub of the mallow family. It was first described in the genus Corethrostylis by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in a paper presented before the Royal Society of Victoria; that genus was treated as a section of Lasiopetalum by George Bentham in his 1863 Flora Australiensis, resulting in the current name.[1] The species was named after the 19th century botanist Ludwig F. Schulzen.[2] Lasiopetalum schulzenii is a spreading many-stemmed densely foliaged shrub to 2 m (7 ft) in height and 2.5 m (8 ft) across. The grey-green foliage is covered in fine hair, which is particularly prominent on new growth. The leaves are heart-shaped (cordate),[3] and measure 2–7 cm (0.8-2.8 in) long and 1.5–5 cm (0.6-2 in) wide with recurved margins. Flowering occurs September to February, the cymes bearing from five to twelve five-pointed star-shaped flowers. 1.5 cm (0.6 in) in diameter, the calyces are whitish, and desnely covered with fine hair on the outside, and less so or smooth on the inside. The five tiny petals are a dark red-brown around the centre of the flower. Flowering is followed by round hairy fruit 0.4 cm (0.2 in) in diameter. It is found in South Australia, and in coastal areas of south-western Victoria, where it is rare. It grows on alkaline sands, and is associated with Eucalyptus diversifolia subsp. megacarpa.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Lasiopetalum Species: schulzenii Main Flower Colour: Cream

Drosera hookeri

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:01:00 GMT

Named after Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (born 1817) - a world famous botanist who travelled on the Antarctic expedition of 1839 under the command of Sir James Ross and wrote "Handbook of New Zealand Flora" published in 1864-67 describing many specimens sent to Kew by collectors. He died in 1911 and has a memorial stone at Westminster Abbey London. Tuberous herb, often bright yellow-green in colour (rarely reddish to maroon); tuber ovoid, up to 5 × 5 mm tall; surface white to red, often in a papery sheath; vertical stolon 10–40 mm long. Above ground parts of the plants highly variable in height, with glabrous stems between 25 × 380 mm tall; unbranched or branched apically, distally, or both. Leaves, often in a flat basal rosette and cauline; basal leaves 2–22, the lamina ovate, elliptic, flabellate, reniform to hatchet-shaped, 1–5 × 2–11mm on a linear petiole 3.0–17.0 × 1.8 mm; cauline leaves alternate, the lamina crescentic, 1.0–6.5 × 1–10 mm, with acute angles, on petiole 3–17 mm long. Inflorescence a 1-sided raceme, 1–10-flowered; peduncle usually 10–50 mm long, but can be as short as 0.1 mm; pedicels 0.5–15 mm long. Sepals ovate, elliptic or obovate, 2.0–5.0 × 0.7–2.4 mm, usually moderately to densely hairy (with up to 30 hairs per mm square), but can also be glabrous; always with a fimbriate margin with hairs up to 1.3mm long. Petals obovate to cuneate, 3–7mm long by 2–7mm wide, white or pink. Styles 3, 0.3–1.2 mm long, divided into a total of between c.20-30 segments. Seeds 0.5–0.8 × 0.3 mm, cylindrical, pandurate to obovoid with a deeply pitted surface.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: hookeri Main Flower Colour: White

Drummond's Everlasting Daisy, Pompom daisy

Member - John and Val — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:46:00 GMT

Springtime splendour, when vast areas of red sand come alight with these amazing everlastings. Slender upright herb, leaves elongated. Flowers in heads 2 to 3cm across that can be white, yellow or pink. Large papery bracts make up the conspicuous part of the infloresence (flower head).
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Cephalipterum Species: drummondii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Drumsticks

Member - John and Val — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:14:00 GMT

Straggly open shrub with large serrated, prickly leaves. Large flower heads about 7cm across.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Isopogon Species: baxteri Main Flower Colour: Red

Drumsticks or Coneflower

Member - John and Val — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:14:00 GMT

Tall shrub to about 2m. Leaves deeply lobed, prickly. Common among heath growing in gravelly sandy soil.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Isopogon Species: divergens Main Flower Colour: Pink

Dryander's grevillea

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:21:00 GMT

Spreading to erect shrub, (0.3-)0.6-2 m high. Fl. white/red/red-purple/orange-red, Jan to May. Sandstone. Rocky hillsides or ridges.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: dryandri Main Flower Colour: Red

Dune Flower - Goat's-foot Convolvulus, Railroad Vine, Beach Morning Glory

Cienne — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 22:24:00 GMT

Sparse creeper growing over higher area of sandy beach. Two toned pink flower with star pattern, light green leaves.
Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Ipomoea Species: pes-caprae Main Flower Colour: Pink

Dunna Dunna

John Baas — Sun, 25 May 2014 10:12:00 GMT

Erect, cactus-like shrub, (0.1-)0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow-green, Jul to Dec. Sandy soils, clay. Gypsum & limestone ridges, near salt lakes.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Lawrencia Species: helmsii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Dunsborough Donkey Orchid

Barry H12 — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:00:00 GMT

Grows to 150mm - 550mm in height. Narrow coastal distribution.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: dunsborough Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Dunsborough spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:41:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Dunsborough spider orchid, Caladenia viridescens ,a very rare orchid with perhaps 20 plants left at best, found in the Dunsborough area.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: viridescens Main Flower Colour: Other

Dwarf Hop Bush - SA Endemic

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:41:00 GMT

Dioecious spreading shrub to 1 m. Leaves imparipinnate, 0.9–2.6 cm long excluding petiole, rarely to 4.5 cm; lateral leaflets 2–14, obtriangular, obovate, rarely oblanceolate, entire, attenuate to broadly cuneate at base, 3–8 mm long, 2–7 mm wide, glabrous or sometimes with sparse hairs on midrib below; apex 3–7-toothed, terminal leaflet elliptic or obovate, entire or rarely toothed or divided, smaller than laterals; petiole 1–4 mm long. Flowers solitary or in 3–5-flowered terminal cymes; pedicels 1.5–4 mm long. Sepals 4, lanceolate to ovate, 1.8–2.8 mm long, persistent. Stamens 8. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 4-lobed, oblong in lateral view, 4.5–7 mm long, 4.5–6 mm wide, with dense glandular hairs; appendages absent; dehiscence septifragal. Fig. 32D. Occurs in southern S.A. on Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas and on Kangaroo Is. A shrub of mallee scrub on limestone or calcareous soils overlying limestone.
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Dodonaea Species: humilis Main Flower Colour: Red

EANARTHRIACEA - Stored under name

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:57:00 GMT

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), K001056266 CollectionHerbarium Specimens
Family: Identifications Stored under name - EANARTHRIACEA] Genus: Anarthria scabra - Stored under name Species: Stored under name Main Flower Colour: Red

Early Nancy

Lindsay H — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:07:00 GMT

Small plant with strap type leaves growing in a crack in rocks. The flower has six petals and is approximately 30 > 40 mm across. Widespread and common in a range of habitats throughout southem parts of the State within the 250 mm isohyet; in forest, woodland, grassland, rock outcrops, mallee and mallee-heath.
Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Wurmbea Species: dioica Main Flower Colour: Pink

Early Nancy

Member - John and Val — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 05:14:00 GMT

Early Nancy announces that spring has arrived on the NSW southern tablelands. A perennial forb to 30cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stem, sometimes the lower two at the base of the plant, with a sheath at the base. Leaves 10-35cm long, 0.2-10mm wide, threadlike or linear to flat, hairless, tapering to a long threadlike point. Male and female flowers often on separate plants, or male, female, and bisexual flowers on the one plant. Flowers slightly scented, with 6 'petals', white with a purple band or a purple centre, or greenish or yellowish with a purple or greenish band. Flowers in racemes of 1-11 flowers at the tops of the flowering stems.
Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Wurmbea Species: dioica Main Flower Colour: White

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:27:00 GMT

Woody shrub to 1.5m tall. Leaves closely spaced on stem, almost as wide as long, with a distinct midrib. Flowers mauve/purple and subtended by large pink/purple bracts.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: cuneifolia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:12:00 GMT

Straggling low shrub, growing in red sand. Pale blue flowers with pale pink/mauve bracts. Broad leaves covered in dense short grey hairs giving a matted appearance.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: demissa Main Flower Colour: Blue

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:42:00 GMT

Open woody shrub to about 2m tall. Leaves slightly furry, especially young leaves which have a golden appearance. Flowers pink and slightly hairy.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: forrestii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 01:40:00 GMT

Upright tall shrub to 3m. Grows in Sandy or stony soils, alluvium. Colluvial & riverine flats, rocky hills.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: fraseri subsp fraseri Main Flower Colour: Other

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:28:00 GMT

Upright tall shrub to 3m. Large glossy leaves. Flowers narrow, with cinnamon and pinkish markings and subtended by pale pink bracts.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: galeata Main Flower Colour: White

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:01:00 GMT

Small shrub. Large slightly fleshy leaves with entire margins. Red flowers slightly hairy.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: glabra subs. psammophora Main Flower Colour: Red

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:08:00 GMT

Upright shrub to 1.5m. Bright green leaves with finely serrated or smooth edges. Growing in red sand.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: glabra subs. psammophora Main Flower Colour: Red

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:27:00 GMT

Shrubs to 1.5m. Leaves to 5cm. Different colour forms growing together, with flower colour varying from white through pink to red.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: laanii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:53:00 GMT

Low woody shrub. Red flowers. Leaves narrow with a notches appearance to the edges.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: latrobei subsp. filiformis Main Flower Colour: Red

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:58:00 GMT

Tall shrub to 2.5m. Leaves about 3cm long. Plants growing in dense thickets with considerable variation in flower colour, with paler reds and pink forms present in the one dense thicket. Pink flowering form with gryish leaves.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: latrobei subsp. latrobei Main Flower Colour: Red

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:31:00 GMT

Small tree to 5m tall with pendulous leaves up to 15cm long. Flowers dull pink/red.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: longifolia Main Flower Colour: Red

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:06:00 GMT

Flowers creamy white, some with a pinkish tinge. Leaves long and round in cross section. Small shrub to 2m.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: oppositifolia subs. augustifolia. Main Flower Colour: White

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:04:00 GMT

Large shrub to 3m. Flowers mauve/purple, calyx pink. Leaves long and felt covered giving a greyish colour.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: phyllopoda Main Flower Colour: Purple

Emu Bush

Member - John and Val — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:01:00 GMT

Woody shrub to 1.5m. Thick oval leaves are slightly hairy. Flowers subtended by narrow pale pink bracts. Inside of flower marked with mauve spots and stripes.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: reticulata Main Flower Colour: White

Erect yellow heads

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:44:00 GMT

Annual herb, stems erect, 5–30 cm long, nearly glabrous to cottony. Leaves lanceolate to linear, 4–34 mm long, c. 0.5–4 mm wide, midrib ± prominent on lower surface, glabrous to cottony, ± glandular. Compound heads ± depressed-ovoid, c. 8 mm diam.; general involucre a third as long as head, inconspicuous at maturity, of numerous leaf-like cottony bracts, innermost with apex yellow hyaline; partial heads 50–300, each with 2 florets, bracts 6–11, 2- or 3-seriate, ± narrow oblong, flat to concave c. 2 mm long, hyaline with opaque midrib, glabrous or sparsely hairy near apex of midrib, ± glandular hairy, lamina ± constricted in upper region, upper part yellow. Achenes c. 1 mm long, brown, papillose; pappus cup-like.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Gnephosis Species: arachnoidea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Eremaea beaufortioides

Maureen C — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 03:14:00 GMT

Spreading shrub, 0.3-2.5 m high with small ovate shaped leaves crowded along the stems. Flowers are orange, approx 15mm across and are at the end of the stems. The stamens make up the conspicuous part of the flower.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eremaea Species: beaufortioides Main Flower Colour: Orange

Eremophila

Member - Tony S (WA) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:32:00 GMT

Flowers are. blue-purple/white-blue, Erect, flat topped shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Grows on red sandy soils over laterite or granite. Stony grounds, rocky rises & hillsides, plains.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: exififolia Main Flower Colour: Blue

Eremophila

Alan McCall — Sun, 01 May 2016 07:13:00 GMT

Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Main Flower Colour: Purple

Eremophila - Desert Pride

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:04:00 GMT

Erect, spindly shrub, 0.9-2(-3.5) m high. Fl. yellow/pink & cream/white, Aug to Oct. Red sand, clay loam, clay. Flats, claypans, sand plains.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: eriocalyx Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Eremophila decipiens

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 01:44:00 GMT

An Eremophila decipiens but in an unusual form. A shrub, 0.1-1.8(-3) m high. Flowers are mainly red however can be yellow or orange, Flowering May to Dec. Grows in clay soils, red or yellow sand.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: decipiens Main Flower Colour: Red

Eremophila dempsteri

Member - John and Val — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 06:17:00 GMT

This is a broom-like shrub to 3 m high with prominently hooked, narrow leaves up to 7mm long by about 1mm wide. The sepals are 4 - 6mm long and are distinctly hairy.The petals that are 10 to 13 mm long range through lilac, pinkish purple.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: dempsteri Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Eremophila gilesii

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:14:00 GMT

Eremophila gilesii is a small, spreading shrub to about 1 metre high by 2 metres across. The leaves are somewhat hairy, up to 60 mm long by 3 mm wide and linear to narrowly elliptical in shape. The mauve to purple flowers are about 30 mm long and somewhat more open than many other emu bushes. They are tubular in shape and occur mainly from winter through to spring. The elongated fruits are about up to 14 mm long.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: gilesii Main Flower Colour: Purple

Eremophila lachnocalyx or Woolly-calyxed Eremophila

Member - Tony S (WA) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:23:00 GMT

Also known as the - Woolly-calyxed Eremophila An erect, spreading shrub, 0.6-2.2 m high, to 3 m wide. Grows in Clay, sand. Stony flats & ridges.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: lachnocalyx Main Flower Colour: Purple

Eremophila lachnocalyx or Wooly Calyx Eremophila

Maureen C — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:04:00 GMT

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.6-2.2 m high, to 3 m wide. Wooly leaves and calyx. Flowers blue-purple, Jun to Sep. Clay, sand, Stony flats & ridges.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: lachnocalyx Main Flower Colour: Blue

Eremophila maculata subs. maculata

Member - Stanley D — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:07:00 GMT

Wide spread rounded shrub about 2 mt tall. Multi branched at ground level. Branches weave through the body of the shrub, leaves dark green with semi gloss surface Flowers are about 3 cm long with a hairy throat. Slightly spotted interior . Colour ranges from pale to a lemon yellow.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: maculata subs. maculata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Eremophila oldfieldii subsp. angustifolia

Member - Tony S (WA) — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:05:00 GMT

Shrub or tree, 1-6 m high.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: oldfieldii subsp. angustifolia Main Flower Colour: Red

Eremophila punctata

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:19:00 GMT

Erect, viscid shrub, (0.25-)0.5-1.5(-2) m high. Fl. blue-purple-violet/white, Jul to Oct. Skeletal soils, often stony over laterite, red sand. Undulating plains, rocky situations, breakaways, clay flats.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: punctata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Eremophila serrulata - Green Fuchsia Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:20:00 GMT

Intricate, often resinous shrub to 2.5 m high, branches pubescent, hairs branched. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long, 9–10 mm wide, apex acute or obtuse, margins entire or toothed, pubescent. Flowers solitary in axils; pedicel 10–25 mm long. Sepals imbricate, obovate to oblanceolate, 7–5.17 mm long, 4–12 mm wide, apex obtuse and mucronate, glandular-pubescent, green. Corolla 20–30 mm long, greenish brown to brownish yellow, glandular-pubescent outside; lobes acute. Stamens exserted. Fruit subglobose, 3.5–9 mm long and diam., dry, woody, glabrous.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: serrulata Main Flower Colour: Other

Eremophila tietkensii

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:20:00 GMT

Spreading shrub, to 2 m high. Fl. white/blue/purple, Apr to Sep. Red sand, red to brown silty loam, red-brown skeletal loam over ironstone, gravel, laterite, dolerite, limestone. Undulating shaley clay plains, flats, plateaus, gully slopes, rocky sites: hills, creeklines, scree slopes, outcrops.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: tietkensii Main Flower Colour: Blue

Eremophila weldii

John Baas — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:41:00 GMT

Prostrate or erect shrub, 0.1-1.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Mar or Jun to Dec. Calcareous sandy soils. Low stony rises, flat marine plains, cliffs.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: weldii Main Flower Colour: Blue

Erodiophyllum elderi - Hard Heads

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:11:00 GMT

Perennial woody forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, 4-10cm long, 20-30mm wide, flat, hairy to bristly, deeply lobed, the lobes toothed. Flower heads with 15-25 violet to purple, or white 'petals', and yellow centres. Flower heads oval, borne singly at the end of the stems. Endangered NSW. Protected NSW.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Erodiophyllum Species: elderi Main Flower Colour: Purple

Esperance King Spider Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:20:00 GMT

Colourful Spider Orchid Grows 250 - 500mm. Up to three red yellow and green flowers Red tipped labellum
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: decora Main Flower Colour: Red

Esperance Wax

Sharon G — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:10:00 GMT

Flowers of this small shrub are a combination of white-pink-red.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Chamelaucium Species: axillare Main Flower Colour: Other

Exotic spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:31:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The vivid white and red orchid is the exotic spider orchid caladenia nivalis, from the dunsborough area.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: nivalis Main Flower Colour: Other

Fairy Fan-flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:03:00 GMT

Scaevola aemula is a member of the family Goodenaceae. The widely known common name is Fairy Fan-flower, which pertains to the small size of the S. aemula plants. Distribution map fpr Scaevola aemulaIt is distributed along the New South Wales and Victorian coastlines where it can be found in the form of a low growing perennial herb. The plant may be either decumbent or ascending in growth with a height up to 60 cm tall. Hairs are present on the on the stems, flowers and fruits of the plant. On the stems the hairs are course and yellow in colour. The floral hairs are present on the inside and outside. The outer hairs are course and dense and the inner hairs are simple and give a bearded look to the inside of the flower. The flowers have a beautiful fan shape with the typical colouration of purple, blue or mauve. This petal colour is combined with a white or more commonly a yellow centre to give a bright eye catching flower. The flowers grow at various points along the stems and they decrease in size from the top to the bottom of the plant. From spring through to the end of summer these flowers can be admired. This blooming time alters according to the length of summer and the temperatures of the season. Although this plant is plant is not currently widely cultivated, it's fast growth rate and prolific flowering should soon change this. S. aemula is extremely versatile and is recommended for growing in pots as well as garden beds. It also is good for attracting birds and insects. The more decumbent forms of S. aemula have great potential as ground covers. Seeds or cuttings can be used to propagate this plant. The seeds need to be sown fresh and the cutting need to be semi-ripe. The cuttings need to be placed in a sand-filled container and kept at warm temperatures. These plants are frost sensitive and do not do well in colder areas. S. aemula also requires well-drained sandy soil and a good sunny position.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: aemula Main Flower Colour: Purple

Fan Flower

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:04:00 GMT

Tough woody shrub to 3m. Small leaves. Flowers white with yellow throat. Spines on stems.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: White

Felted Anthotroche

John Baas — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:59:00 GMT

Erect or sprawling to prostrate shrub, 0.1-2.5 m high. Fl. green-yellow-purple/black-violet, Aug to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sandy soils. Sand dunes, sandplains or sandy rises in low-lying saline areas.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Anthotroche Species: pannosa Main Flower Colour: Purple

Firewood Banksia

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:33:00 GMT

Small gnarled tree to about 6m. Leaves up to 20cm long, toothed. Large flowerhead up to 15cm long and 8-10cm in diameter. Infloresence is a deep pink before flowers open when they are orange. Old flower heads remain on plant with occasional distinctly marked seed capsules.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: menziesii Main Flower Colour: Orange

Five Veined Grevillea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:22:00 GMT

Erect dense shrub 1–1.5 m tall. Branchlets angular and ridged, sericeous to tomentose. Leaves sublinear to oblong-elliptic or narrowly obovate, 1.5–6 cm long, 1.5–8 mm wide; upper surface minutely punctate, with (3–) 5 (–7) prominent longitudinal parallel veins; margins smoothly and strongly recurved to revolute; lower surface sometimes partly enclosed, sericeous including on midvein. Conflorescence terminal on short lateral branchlets, erect, sessile or rarely pedunculate, regular, umbelloid, 6–20-flowered. Flowers adaxially oriented. Flower colour: perianth and style pale to deep pink. Perianth subsericeous to tomentose outside, bearded inside. Pistil 9.5–12 mm long; style sharply curved, with papilloid hairs in apical 1 mm; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle ovoid-ellipsoidal or obloid, 13–15 mm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: quinquenervis Main Flower Colour: Pink

Flame Grevillea

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:40:00 GMT

Straggly shrub with tall flower spikes held above the foliage. Leaves long and rounded.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: eriostachya Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Flame Grevillea

Member - John and Val — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:19:00 GMT

A striking small tree, especially when covered with big, brilliant orange flowerheads. Grows to about 5m tall with long thin leaves that are divided into a couple of lobes.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: excelsior Main Flower Colour: Orange

Flannel Bush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:42:00 GMT

Low woody shrub. Leaves grey and thickly felted with short grey hairs. Sharp spines on stems and calyx.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: lasiophyllum Main Flower Colour: Purple

Flannel Cudweed

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:44:00 GMT

Prostrate to decumbent annual, herb, 0.01-0.12 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Red sand or loam, granitic soils. Variety of habitats.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Actinobole Species: uliginosum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Flannel Flower

Gradie — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 03:01:00 GMT

The delicate flannel flower is so named because of the soft woolly feel of the plant. Growing in the NSW south coast region, extending to Narrabri in the Central West and up to south-east Queensland, its white or pink flowers bloom all year long, with an extra burst of colour in the spring.
Family: Apiaceae Genus: Actinotus Species: Actinotus helianthi Main Flower Colour: White

Flat Topped Yate

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:15:00 GMT

A graceful small to medium sized tree,growing to about 15m tall. Bark is rough, fibrous and flaky on trunk. Leaves elongated and form a typically umbrella shaped flat crown to the tree. Flowers are creamy-white, and the buds have a very long operculum. Gumnuts are bell shaped.Grows in sandy or clayey soils on alluvial flats, and in low-lying wet areas, around salt lakes.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: occidentalis Main Flower Colour: Cream

Fleshy Groundsel or Annual Yellowtop

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:44:00 GMT

Erect, fleshy annual, herb, to 1 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Oct. Red or brown or white-grey clay, red sands or loams, laterite, sandstone. Flats, dunes, depressions, saline sites, clay pans, along breakaways, at the base of rocky outcrops.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Senecio Species: gregorii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Floating Pond Weed

John Baas — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:55:00 GMT

Possibly Potamogeton tricarinatus - see ref below - but was photographed at Hidden Secret Rockhole in the Doctor Hicks Rng GVD, which is a long long way outside the known range. Specimen has been forwarded to the WA Herbarium for further work.
Family: Potamogetonaceae Genus: Potamogeton Main Flower Colour: Other

Flying Duck Orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:42:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Paracaleana Species: nigrita Main Flower Colour: Other

Forest Mint

Member - John and Val — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 05:28:00 GMT

A common species in mountain gullies in the ACT, where it prefers shady places near water. It is a small plant with weak stems. Leaves are about 2cm long with almost entire margins. There are 6-8 mauve flowers at the nodes. Flowers have 4 petals and exerted stamens.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Mentha Species: laxiflora Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Forrest Mantis Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:12:00 GMT

photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: attingens Main Flower Colour: Other

Frail Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:15:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Another of our very rare orchids , the Frail Spider Orchid, Caladenia uliginosa.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: uliginosa Main Flower Colour: Other

Frankenia (no common name)

Member - Warren H — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:54:00 GMT

Small densely branched shrubs; branches differentiated into long- and short-shoots, short-pilose, hairs spreading to lightly curved, internodes 0.6-7.5 mm long; long-shoot leaves 2.8-6.2 mm long; leaf bases 0.5-2 mm long, 0.5-1.2 mm wide at the distal end, medially somewhat thickened and indurate, flattened towards the margins, tapering somewhat toward the distal end; leaf blades narrowly oblong, 0.8-1 mm wide, subterete, rigidly coriaceous, somewhat succulent; margins strongly thickened, tightly revolute on fresh, dried, and boiled material, true abaxial surface reduced to a narrow medial furrow; mid-vein narrow, linear, inconspicuous; surfaces grey-green, punctate, adaxial surface glabrous to puberulent with spreading hairs, abaxial surface puberulent; short-shoot leaves similar to long-shoot leaves. Flowers borne at the top 1-4 nodes of the upper branches, commonly solitary or in dichasia with 2 or 3 flowers, subtended by 1 or 2 pairs of leaf-like floral bracts not connate at the base; calyces 5- or 6-lobed, 6.4-7.8 mm long, 2-3 mm wide near the apex, tubular, gradually broadening toward the apex, centres of ribs glabrous, margins and grooves puberulent with lightly curved to spreading hairs; petals 5 or 6, spathulate, 7.4-10.7 mm long; stamens 6, in 2 unequal whorls, 5.8-9.7 mm long; styles 7.2-8.9 mm long; style-branches 3, 0.8-1.5 mm long; stigmas terminal, lightly swollen at the tips, 0.2-0.3 mm long; ovaries with 3 short basal-parietal placentae; ovules 5 or 6, 1 or 2 per placenta, attached 0.2-0.5 mm from the carpel base on long recurving funicles. Capsules 1- or 2-seeded, seeds 1.1-1.5 mm long.
Family: Frankeniaceae Genus: Frankenia Species: Frankenia plicata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Frankenia cinerea

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:10:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.1-0.3(-0.45) m high. Fl. white & pink, Aug to Oct. White/grey sand, laterite, clay. Salt lakes & pans, breakaways.
Family: Frankeniaceae Genus: Frankenia Species: cinerea Main Flower Colour: Pink

Fringe Lily

Cienne — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:12:00 GMT

The stems, up to 1 metre long, twine around vegetation or trail along the ground.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Species: manglesianus Main Flower Colour: Purple

Fringe Lily

Member Kerry W (Qld) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:37:00 GMT

Thysanotus used to be included in the lily family (Liliaceae) Fringed lilies are small soft herbs, sometimes a climber. Each flower has 3 sepals and 3 large fringed petals. Common across Australia.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Fringed Daisy Bush - Kangaroo Island Endemic

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:45:00 GMT

Dwarf undershrub to 25cm high, with rough hairy stems and tightly compacted, tiny leaves.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: ciliata Main Flower Colour: Purple

Fringed Leek Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:48:00 GMT

Spectacular early flowering Leek Orchid Grows 30 - 100cm Up to 70 brownish-green pink and white flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Prasophyllum Species: fimbria Main Flower Colour: Other

Fringed Leek Orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:50:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Fringed Leek Orchid, Prasophyllum fimbria which can be common in the general southwest of WA area but usually only flowers after fire. These I found with the new population of Island Point Spider Orchid in an area that has not been burnt for years - sometimes the unexpected happens.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Prasophyllum Species: fimbria Main Flower Colour: Other

Fringed Mantis Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:33:00 GMT

the Fringed Mantis differs from other members of the C. falcata complex in having larger flowers and a broader labellum with a smaller calli. The species is found through out the western and southern wheat belt from Wongan Hills to Jerramungup.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: falcata Main Flower Colour: Red

Fuchsia Grevillea

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:23:00 GMT

Spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.2m-1 m high. Fl. orange-red, Mar or May to Dec or Jan. Granitic soils, sand, loamy clay, lateritic soils. Granite outcrops, hills, sometimes winter-wet flats.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: bipinnatifida Main Flower Colour: Red

Funnel Web orchid hybrid

graeme w9 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:23:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: hybrid Main Flower Colour: Cream

Funnel Web Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:12:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: infundibularis Main Flower Colour: Pink

Funnelweb Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:49:00 GMT

another distinct spider orchid
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: infundibularis Main Flower Colour: Cream

Fuschia bush

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:42:00 GMT

Upright shrub up to 2m, with glossy leaves. Flowers have a spotted throat and are attractive to birds. Flower colour may vary considerably through shades of red, mauve and yellow. Grows in drier inland areas. The species name, maculata, means spotted.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: maculata Main Flower Colour: Red

Geraldton wax

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:16:00 GMT

Dense shrub to 3m. Leaves are cylindrical with a hooked point. The name uncinatum means "hooked" in Latin, in reference to the tips of the leaves. Flowers are 1.5cm across with five oval petals and a cup shaped centre. Colour of the flowers in variable sheds of pink or white.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Chamelaucium Species: uncinatum Main Flower Colour: Pink

Ghost Gum

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:43:00 GMT

Tree to 20m tall, with open spreading crown. Small branches droop downwards. Smooth white bark. Grows on both sandy country and on stony hills and plateaux.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: papuana Main Flower Colour: White

Giant Bolete Fungus or Salmon Gum Mushroom (in WA)

Member - John and Val — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 21:37:00 GMT

This is possibly Australia's largest fungus. It forms a mycorrhizal association with eucalypts, growing singly or in groups, after rain. Widespread and common. Cap to more than 60 cm across, opening until it is almost flat, yellowish-brown. Pores underneath cap are deep, orangey-greenish yellow, becoming brown on ageing. Stem fat, bulging near base, dingy yellow-brown.
Family: Boletales Genus: Phlebopus Species: marginatus Main Flower Colour: Other

Giant Donkey Orchid

graeme w9 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:50:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: amplissima Main Flower Colour: Purple

Giant spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:58:00 GMT

The giant spider orchid, Caladenia excelsa often grows up to 1.5 metres high with a large flower and long sepals and petals, uncommon. Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: excelsa Main Flower Colour: Other

Gidgee or Stinking Wattle

Member - John and Val — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:23:00 GMT

A very slow growing gnarled small tree of desert areas growing to about 8m. Heartwood is heavy, dark red and durable though will be attacked by termites. Phyllodes are grey-green 6-8cm long. Flowerheads a dusty yellow. Not found in WA.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: cambagei Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Gland Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:13:00 GMT

Adenanthos terminalis, commonly known as Gland Flower, Yellow Gland Flower or Adenanthos, is a one metre tall shrub in the Proteaceae family. It is found in south eastern regions of Australia, in the states of South Australia and Victoria, and is the most widespread of the two Adenanthos species occurring outside of Western Australia. Adenanthos terminalis grows as an upright shrub, usually no more than 1 m (3 ft) high, but occasionally up to 2 m (7 ft). It lacks a lignotuber. Branches are held erect, and are covered in hairs that lie close along the stem. The leaves are laciniate, being segmented by threes into between three and seven, but most often five, long thin laciniae, each between 5 and 15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long, and around 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter. They most occur clustered at the ends of the branches, but some persist on the stem. Stem leaves are most hairless, and smaller than the leaves that surround the flower, which often have long hairs near their bases. Unlike most other Adenanthos species, the inflorescence of A. terminalis is not always reduced to a single flower: flowers may occur in groups of up to three. They are usually hidden by the surrounding floral leaves, and consist of a perianth up to 16 mm (0.63 in) long, and a style up to 30 mm ( in) long. The perianth is white to cream in colour, sometimes with some green, and covered in short hairs on the outside. The style is also nearly always hairs, and the ovary is densely haired.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: terminalis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Glossodia spp or Cockatoo or waxlip orchid

Helen and Bruce — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:07:00 GMT

Single stem, single leaf at ground level. 10 to 12 cm high Found in all states except WA and NT
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Glossodia Species: major Main Flower Colour: Purple

Golden Cowslips

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:48:00 GMT

Ground Orchid. Flowering stems to approx 20cm tall. Golden Cowslips is a terrestrial orchid in the Diuris (Donkey Orchid) genus. The flowers are produced in small clusters of up to four, and each individual flower is about 4 cm across. The flowers are golden yellow and usually have darker stripes on the labellum and dorsal sepal. The lateral sepals are narrow Flowering is in spring from September to November. The plant has three to six narrow grass like leaves that grow to about 20 cm long and less than 1 cm wide. . It is listed as vulnerable in Victoria and South Australia
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: behrii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Golden Everlasting

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:40:00 GMT

Xerochrysum bracteatum, the "Golden Everlasting", is one of the best known of the "paper daisies". It is a very widespread species occurring in both annual and perennial forms. It varies in habit from prostrate to a shrubby plant of about 1m in height. The leaves are usually large (up to 100mm long) and green to grey-green in colour. The individual flowers are very small but are formed into a large cluster surrounded by large papery bracts. The overall appearance is that of a large, single "flower" with the bracts as the "petals". However, well over a hundred true flowers occur inside the ring of bracts. Xerochrysum bracteatum - white A white-flowered form of Xerochrysum bracteatum Photo: Australian Daisy Study Group The golden everlasting has been cultivated for many years and a number of forms have been selected for cultivation. These include several which have resulted from both chance and deliberate hybridisation.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Xerochrysum Species: bracteatum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Golden Everlasting, Strawflower

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:50:00 GMT

Low growing plant with slightly hairy, sticky leaves.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Xerochrysum Species: bracteatum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Golden Pennants

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:37:00 GMT

Erect, perennial herb to 50 cm high; stems annual, 1–2 mm diam., arising from a woody rootstock, often becoming ± leafless. Leaves variable, sessile, terete to linear or narrow-lanceolate, usually 10–25 mm long, 1–3 mm wide. Inflorescences of 5 or 6 dichasia of c. 7–60 flowers. Flowers on slender pedicels 1–3 mm long. Sepals 2, up to 1.5 mm long, yellow. Petals 2, 3–4 mm long, yellow, ± hooded. Stamens 4, anthers 1.5–3 mm long. Styles 2, 0.2–0.7 mm long. Ovary compressed, pear-shaped.
Family: Haloragaceae Genus: Glischrocaryon Species: behrii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Golden Sand Sage

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:15:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. white-yellow, Apr to Nov. Red sand, gravel. Sand dunes & plains. Note; this plant can often be a dominant along the WA desert tracks. Generally unremarkable, its dull green/yellow is often a track's defining colour.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Dicrastylis Species: exsuccosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Golden Sand Sage

Alan McCall — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:29:00 GMT

The individual flowers are tiny with white petals, but the enlarged calyx gives an overall impression that the flowers are yellow.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Dicrastylis Species: exsuccosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Golden Wattle

Member - John and Val — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:25:00 GMT

Shrub or small open tree 3m to 8m high. Flowers in spring with large round flower heads on thick stems, flower heads in showy groups (racemes) 15cm long. Pods are flat and almost straight 10cm x 5mm.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: pycnantha Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Goldfields Daisy

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:46:00 GMT

Goldfields Daisy commonly grows into compact round shrubs about half a metre in height. The small leaves are flat, stiff and slightly viscid (sticky). The flowerheads are over 2 cm diameter, usually a vivid white with a yellow centre, although blue\purple colours are also recorded. Flowers are produced anytime from August to January.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: muelleri Main Flower Colour: White

Gompholobium preissii

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:14:00 GMT

Erect shrub, (0.05-)0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow/orange/red-brown, Aug to Dec. Lateritic gravelly soils.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Gompholobium Species: preissii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Goodenia centralis

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:07:00 GMT

Prostrate annual, herb, stems to 80 cm long. Fl. yellow, May to Sep. Red sandy, often stony soils.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: centralis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Goodenia stobbsiana

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:07:00 GMT

Prostrate or erect, much-branched, viscid shrub, 0.4-1 m high. Fl. blue, Mar to Oct. Stony soils.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: stobbsiana Main Flower Colour: Blue

Goodenia varia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:08:00 GMT

A WA Conservation Code Priority Two species.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: varia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Graceful Honeymyrtle

John Baas — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:58:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.3-2.4 m high. Fl. pink-purple/white, Jul to Nov. Sandy, often gravelly soils over granite or laterite. Associated with granite rocks or watercourses.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Species: radula Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grand Spider Orchid

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:44:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.25-0.6 m high. Fl. green & cream & red, Sep to Oct. Grey or brown sand, clay loam. Grand Spider Orchid is listed as Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora).
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: huegelii Main Flower Colour: Red

Grand Spider Orchid hybrid

graeme w9 — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:31:00 GMT

This is the biggest orchid I've seen this year , with very long sepals and petals. It is a cross between the grand and the sandplain spider orchids. The fringing is also very long, a giveaway from the sandplain spider orchid. At this undisclosed location it can be hard to find pure strains of the two parents.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: speciosa x huegelii Main Flower Colour: White

Grand spider orchid, Caladenia huegelii.

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:33:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Confirmed as Grand spider orchid, Caladenia huegelii. This red and white spider orchid only occurs in a very small area and flowers later than others Caladenias. They are also a large plant that have very long calli on the top half of the labellum and are very red on the end part of the labellum.You will notice that the calli on the front of the labellum are also very small as opposed to the others and a funny shape.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: huegelii Main Flower Colour: Other

Granite Kunzea

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:17:00 GMT

Forms a dense gnarled bush up to 2m tall. Leaves grey green, broad, lance shaped. Flowers about 2cm across. Flowers brilliant red although white forms exist. Grows on granite outcrops.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Kunzea Species: pulchella Main Flower Colour: Red

Granite Sun Orchid

Cienne — Thu, 07 May 2015 20:03:00 GMT

Tall spikes about 40 - 50 cm tall.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: petrophilia Main Flower Colour: Blue

Grass Leaf Hakea

Member - John and Val — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 06:21:00 GMT

Brilliant pink flowerheads stand out on this upright shrub or small tree that grows to 4 or 5 meters high. Leaves are long, without a sharp point and with a number of prominent veins, and are held upright.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: multilineata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grass Leaved Hakea, Cork Tree, Emu Tree

Member - John and Val — Mon, 26 May 2014 09:34:00 GMT

A striking sight when in full flower. Shrub of sandy plains and dunes. Grows to about 5m tall. Leaves elongated up to about 20cm long with 5 or 6 distinct veins. Flower spikes deep pink. Woody seed capsules with bulging end.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: francisiana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grass Tree

ExplorOz Team - Michelle — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 09:27:00 GMT

The form of the plant resembles a tree, with very long and bunched, grass-like, leaves that emerge from a central base. The trunk may grow over 3 metres tall, the often blackened appearance is evidence of its ability to withstand fire. The remains of the flammable leaves and the annual regrowth produce banding, allowing the age of the plant to be determined, and giving a record of previous fires in its habitat. The inflorescence appears on an upright spike, 1.5m to 2.5m long, between June and December. The sessile flowers, creamy or white, appear more profusely when stimulated by bushfire. It is found throughout coastal plains, near watercourses, and inland forest regions, in a range extending from Geraldton to Albany and in the Avon Wheatbelt. It occurs on a wide variety of soil types and is sometimes associated with laterite and granite.
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Genus: Xanthorrhoea Species: thorntonii Main Flower Colour: White

Grass Tree

John Baas — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:22:00 GMT

Perennial tree-like monocot, to 5 m high, trunk to 5 m, scape length 0.6-0.8 m, spike length 1.0-1.5 m. Fl. white-cream, Aug to Dec. Yellow to red sand.
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Genus: Xanthorrhoea Species: thorntonii Main Flower Colour: Cream

Grass Trigger Plant

Member - John and Val — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:57:00 GMT

Trigger plants have a fascinating pollination mechanism where the the long reddish "trigger" is stimulated by a foraging insect to flip across the flower and dump pollen on the back of the insect. Gently tickling the centre of a flower with a piece of grass can often set the trigger off. The plants are a perennial herb with a thick tuft of leaves, giving the whole plant a grass-like appearance, hence the species name of graminifolium. They are a common summer flowering species in forest habitats at all elevations.
Family: Stylidiaceae Genus: Stylidium Species: graminifolium Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grass-leaf hakea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:21:00 GMT

Erect shrub or small tree, 2.5–8 m tall, non-sprouting. Branchlets patchily appressed-pubescent to ±glabrous at flowering. Leaves flat, linear, 8–26 cm long, 3–16 mm wide, finely striate, acute, bluntly mucronate, sparsely pubescent to glabrous; veins 5–13 between prominent marginal veins. Inflorescence with 150–500 flowers; rachis 5–9 cm long, basally tomentose, otherwise glabrous; pedicels glabrous. Perianth pale to deep pink or red to orange-red, sometimes brownish, glabrous. Pistil 16.5–23.5 mm long, coloured as perianth or paler, sometimes cream; gland a thick semi-annular collar. Fruit 1–12 on enlarged rachis, subsessile or stalked, woody, ±obliquely ovate-elliptic, 1.4–2.6 cm long, 1–1.4 cm wide, prominently beaked, shortly apiculate, not keeled on ventral suture. Seed obliquely obovate-rhombic, 10–22 mm long, 5.5–9 mm wide; wing extending down one side of body only, sometimes laciniate apically, black to blackish brown.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: francisiana Main Flower Colour: Red

Grassy Bindweed

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:57:00 GMT

Perennial with trailing and twining branches; stems terete, sparsely to densely appressed hairy. Leaves fairly uniform in shape from base to tip of stem; lamina ovate or oblong, 1–8 cm long, 5–40 mm wide, apex acute to obtuse and finely mucronate, base hastate or sagittate, basal lobes entire or rarely with short recurved lobes, margins entire with no ascending lobes, sparsely to densely hairy with appressed silvery hairs; petiole 2–20 mm long. Inflorescence 1–2(-3)-flowered, solitary in the leaf axils; peduncle filiform, 5–42 mm long, moderately to densely hairy with appressed hairs. Sepals to 6.5 mm long, silky. Corolla funnel-shaped, 8–13 mm long, 8–20 mm diam., pink.
Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Convolvulus Species: remotus Main Flower Colour: Pink

Great Mullein - a weed

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:24:00 GMT

Erect, robust biennial, herb, 0.4-2 m high. Fl. yellow and is not an Australian Native.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Verbascum Species: creticum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Green Bird Flower or Rattlepod

Member - John and Val — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:07:00 GMT

The distinctive bird-like shape of the flowers (the flower stalk is the bird's beak) give this desert plant its common name. Flowers are a greenish-yellow colour with prominent stripes on the larger petals. Erect woody shrub with greyish furry leaves. Common on sand dunes.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Crotalaria Species: cunninghamii Main Flower Colour: Other

Green Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:11:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: falcata Main Flower Colour: Other

Green Wattle, Acacia decurrens

Member - John and Val — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:52:00 GMT

A small to medium sized tree. True bright green leaves with nectaries prominent along the central rib of each leaf. Young/small branched have a ribbed appearance. Large infloresences of bright yellow balls at the ends of branches make a brilliant display.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: decurrens Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Greencomb Spider Orchid

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:45:00 GMT

This Orchid is a delicate, to 650cm high. Leaves hairy to 6cm long and 2cm wide. flowers are intricate, spider like, of various colours, green, white, yellow, maroon and red.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: tensa Main Flower Colour: Other

Grevillea acacioides

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:23:00 GMT

Flowers that range in colour from white through cream to green grace this erect, much-branched shrub that grows to 1-2.2 m high. Flowering occurs from May to Sep (mainly Jul-Sep). Grows in red or yellow sand, gravelly loam over granite, laterite. Sandplains.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: acacioides Main Flower Colour: Cream

Grevillea bronwenae

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:23:00 GMT

Slender, erect shrub, 0.5-1.6 m high. Fl. red, Jun to Dec. Grey sand over laterite, lateritic loam. Hillslopes.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: bronwenae Main Flower Colour: Red

Grevillea dielsiana

Member - John and Val — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:30:00 GMT

Woody shrub to 2m. Leaves divided into prickly lobes. Brilliant red flowers.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: dielsiana Main Flower Colour: Red

Grevillea dielsiana

Member - John and Val — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 22:27:00 GMT

Prickly shrub to 2m. Leaves deeply lobed, each lobe ending in a sharp point. This plant was a variant on the normally red flowered form.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: dielsiana Main Flower Colour: Orange

Grevillea floribunda

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:04:00 GMT

Shrub in drier forest. Leaf margins rolled under. Flowers thickly covered with rusty brown hairs.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: floribunda Main Flower Colour: Orange

Grevillea insignis supsp. insignis

Maureen C — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:24:00 GMT

Flowers: perianth cream turning pink, red style. Leaves 3-9cm, leathery, holly-like with prickly margins.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: insignis ssp. insignis Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grevillea leptobotrys

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:24:00 GMT

Sprawling, prostrate or spreading, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. pink, Jan or Jun to Jul or Sep to Dec. Sandy, gravelly, loamy or clayey soils on laterite or granite.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: leptobotrys Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grevillea longistyla

Member - John and Val — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:50:00 GMT

An understorey shrub with an open growth habit. Large red flowers have long styles, giving this grevillea its species name of "longistyla".
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: longistyla Main Flower Colour: Red

Grevillea obliquistigma

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:25:00 GMT

Spreading shrub, 0.3-4(-5) m high. Fl. cream-white-yellow, Jan or Mar or Aug to Dec. Sandy or loamy soils, laterite, granite. Sandplains, stony ridges.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: obliquistigma Main Flower Colour: Cream

Grevillea quercifolia

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:04:00 GMT

Straggly to sprawling shrub, 0.3-0.7 m high. Fl. pink/red/purple, Jul to Dec. Sand, loam, often with gravel, laterite
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: quercifolia Main Flower Colour: Other

Grevillea shuttleworthiana

Member - John and Val — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:00:00 GMT

This unusual little Grevillea grows as an open shrub in sandy heath. The blueish green leaves are round to oval in shape while the very small creamy-yellow flowers are arranged in quite dense flowerheads held above the foliage.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: shuttleworthiana Main Flower Colour: Cream

Grevillea sp.

Sharon G — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:26:00 GMT

Large pink flower that resembles a giant spider - scared the heck out of 'himself' when he turned around and it was right there!
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grevillea stenobotrya or Rattlepod Grevillea

Maureen C — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:21:00 GMT

Bushy shrub to 5m high. Leaves linear, 10-25cm c 1-2mm, finely pointed slightly hooked tip. Flowers creamy white (green in bud), cylindrical or slightly tapered, 7-14cm long. Smooth greyish bark
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: stenobotrya Main Flower Colour: White

Grevillea thyrsoides

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:26:00 GMT

Low shrub with a somewhat lax, weeping habit. Leaves simple but divided into deep lobes giving a ferny appearance. Flowers dusky pink in terminal infloresences held on a long stem, allowing the flowers to be displayed beyond the foliage. Flowers slightly hairy.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: thyrsoides Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grevillea victoriae

Member - John and Val — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:32:00 GMT

A spreading, sometimes straggling shrub that grows up to about 2m high. Leaf shape is oval, often quite broad, up to 7cm long. The lower leaf surface is covered with a tomentum (covering of short hairs). Red or orange-red flowers are in clusters at the ends of the branches. The outside of the flower parts are covered with rusty red hairs. Grows in forested slopes and gullies above about 1000m in NSW and eastern Victoria.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: victoriae Main Flower Colour: Red

Grey Germander

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:53:00 GMT

Perennial herb 15–40 cm high, hoary, suckering and forming stands to several meters diam.; branches densely hairy; hairs simple, retrorse, ± appressed, usually wearing off along the ridges. Leaves simple; lamina narrow-ovate, usually 1–2 cm long, 2–6 mm wide; apex subacute; base cuneate; margins entire or sparingly and irregularly lobed, usually unevenly recurved and/or undulate; ± densely hairy, particularly on lower surface; ± sessile. Flowers solitary per leaf axil, rarely 3; pedicel 4–7 mm long, often horizontal with apex and flower erect. Sepals 2–5 mm long, fused for one- to two-thirds their length, densely hairy with hairs simple and retrorse. Corolla 8–14 mm long.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Teucrium Species: racemosum Main Flower Colour: White

Grey Guinea-flower

Member - John and Val — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 05:31:00 GMT

This common species is found in woodlands and forests, and even persists in cleared areas. It is a small shrub growing to about 30cm high. The leaves are wider towards the tip than near the base and the bright yellow flowers have a shallow notch in each of the five yellow petals.There are many stamens.
Family: Dilleniaceae Genus: Hibbertia Species: obtusifolia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Grey Swainsona

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:06:00 GMT

Prostrate or erect, spreading perennial, herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. purple-pink/purple & yellow & green, May or Jul to Dec. Usually on red sandy soils.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Swainsona Species: canescens Main Flower Colour: Purple

Grey Swainsona

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:05:00 GMT

Prostrate or erect, spreading perennial, herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Flowers are purple-pink/purple & yellow & green, May or Jul to Dec. Usually on red sandy soils.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Swainsona Species: canescens Main Flower Colour: Purple

Guichenotia macrantha

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:41:00 GMT

Small shrub to about 1m tall. Leaves whitish and furry, elongated, with edges rolled under. Petals almost non-existant, but the flower consistes mainly of calyx segments that are brightly coloured and ribbed on the back. Flowers 2cm across with dark central structures (stigma or pollen receptor).
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Guichenotia Species: macrantha Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Guinea Flower

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:59:00 GMT

Small upright shrub. Leaves small, about as wide as long. Yellow flowers with 5 delicate notched petals each about 10mm long.
Family: Dilleniaceae Genus: Hibbertia Species: diffusa? Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Guinea Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:59:00 GMT

A small twiggy shrub to around 30cm in height. It has narrow, fine green leaves with a sharp tip. The flowers are bright yellow and flower durning winter and spring and can be found in the wetter areas of the Northern Agricultural Ditricts of South Australia.
Family: Dilleniaceae Genus: Hibbertia Species: exutiacies Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Guinea Flower

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:59:00 GMT

Low woody shrub. Yellow flowers with five petals, each with a distinctive notch at the outer end. Leaves small and linear.
Family: Dilleniaceae Genus: Hibbertia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Gymea, Flame, Spear or Illawarra Lily

Max - Sydney — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 07:00:00 GMT

A giant perennial lily with a basal clump of large sword-shaped leaves over 1m long . In spring and summer large flowerheads up to 30cm across form at the end of thick stems that are up to 6m tall. Individual trumpet shaped flowers are deep blood-red, 10cm acroos, and produce abundant nectar.
Family: Doryanthaceae Genus: Doryanthes Species: excelsa Main Flower Colour: Red

Hairpin Banksia

Member - John and Val — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:16:00 GMT

Flowers full of nectar are a favourite of birds and insects. A compact shrub to 2m. Leaves with short teeth at the end. Flower spikes up to to 15cm long. Flowers orange with dark coloured style with a hooked end when fully open.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: spinulosa Main Flower Colour: Orange

Hairy Correa

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:31:00 GMT

Erect spreading shrub of 1-2 x 1-2 m; stem sparsely to densely tomentose; petiole 4-6 mm; lamina thin, orbicular or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 x 1-2.5 cm. Flowers solitary (rarely 2), pendulous, on axillary or terminal filiform peduncles 0.5-2 cm long; bracts 2, small, persistent, ovate, near the peduncle base; bracteoles 2, linear, caducous near the flower; calyx 4-8 mm long, with 4 prominent lanceolate lobes; corolla cylindrical; petals sympetalous in bud, free after anthesis, 1.5-3 cm long; green or green-grey darkening to mauve-purple with age; filaments of the stamens opposite the petals broadened at the base; stamens the same length as the petals or slightly exserted; anthers yellow-brown; ovary tomentose. Fruit 5-8 mm high, apex rounded; seeds 3-4 x 1-2 mm, dull-brown, corolla more or less persistent in fruit.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Correa Species: aemula Main Flower Colour: Other

Hakea auriculata

Cienne — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 06:48:00 GMT

Low growing open shrub with tough spikey leaves. Dense light pink, showy flowers along the branch at the base of the leaves. Growing in sandy/gravelly soil.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: auriculata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Hakea auriculata

Cienne — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:46:00 GMT

Low growing , dense shrub with tough spikey leaves. Flowers close to leaf base and branches. Growing in gravelly soil.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: auriculata Main Flower Colour: Cream

Hakea bucculenta

Member - John and Val — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:56:00 GMT

Brilliant big flower heads make this hakea hard to miss; this one was growing by the roadside in sandy soil.Tall shrub to 3 or 4 m tall. Leaves flat, narrow and elongated.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: bucculenta Main Flower Colour: Red

Hakea denticulata

Member - John and Val — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:15:00 GMT

Compact rounded shrub, 1–2 m tall, 1–2 m wide. No lignotuber. Small branches and young leaves covered with short hairs. Leaves flat, elliptic or obovate, up to 4cm long, 10–25 mm wide, margins dentate with 2–10 teeth each 1–2 mm long per side. Clusters of flowers in upper leaf axils, with 1, 3 or 5 flowers. Perianth 8–11mm long, mid-yellow or orange, red-black on limb and margins of tepals, glaucous. Pistil 10–13 mm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: denticulata Main Flower Colour: Red

Hakea elliptica

Cienne — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 02:26:00 GMT

Shrub with woody branches. Small orange coloured new leaves are covered with reddish brown hairs and are dwarfed by the very large leaves.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: elliptica Main Flower Colour: White

Hakea erecta

John Baas — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:08:00 GMT

Erect, rounded shrub, 0.5-2.6 m high. Fl. pink/cream, Sep to Oct. Deep yellow sand, laterite.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: erecta Main Flower Colour: Pink

Hakea lorea

Member - John and Val — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 05:45:00 GMT

A shrub or small tree of arid areas, with hard ridged, dark grey bark. Leaves are terete (cylindrical), erect to pendulous, and may be simple and up to 60 cm long and 2.5 mm wide, or compound and about 35 cm long, with 2–6 narrowly spreading segments each up to about 20cm long, and 2.5 mm wide. Flowers white to yellow or greenish and arranged in an infloresence with 15 -200 individual flowers.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: lorea subsp. lorea Main Flower Colour: Cream

Hakea marginata

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 07:14:00 GMT

An open shrub to about 4 or 5 metres tall. Leaves are tough, elliptical in shape with a sharp point and slightly thickened, entire margins. Clusters of small white flowers appear in the leaf axils. Prefers sandy damp areas.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: marginata Main Flower Colour: White

Hakea microcarpa

Member - John and Val — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 03:21:00 GMT

A shrub with cylindrical, sharp pointed leaves up to about 6cm long. The seed follicle is smooth, slender, dark coloured and usually less than 2cm long. Common on stony slopes in the mountains.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: microcarpa Main Flower Colour: White

Hakea pandanicarpa subsp. crassifolia

Member - John and Val — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 07:26:00 GMT

The big golfball sized seed capsules are the striking feature of this Hakea. The leaves of this medium sized shrub are simple, and the white or cream flowers unremarkable. But the big grey seed pods really stand out. This subspecies has a seed capsule with a cracked pattern covering the surface.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: pandanicarpa subsp.crassifolia Main Flower Colour: White

Hare Orchid

Barry H12 — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:47:00 GMT

Early flowering species Grows 100-250mm One or two oblong, green purple striped leaves
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Leporella Species: fimbriata Main Flower Colour: Purple

Harlequin mistletoe

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:18:00 GMT

Spreading to pendent shrub, glabrous; external runners absent. Leaves flat or somewhat compressed when very narrow, linear to narrow-oblong, sessile or the wider leaves shortly petiolate, 3–15 cm long, 1–10 mm wide, apex usually rounded, base attenuate to contracted, venation obscure; shortly petiolate. Inflorescence a pedunculate usually 2-flowered umbel; peduncle usually 0.5–2 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long; bracts 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla 25–50 mm long, usually red, rarely yellow, sometimes tipped with green or black. Fruit ellipsoidal to ovoid, 6–10 mm long, red or black.
Family: Loranthaceae Genus: Lysiana Species: exocarpi Main Flower Colour: Red

Heath - Oligarrhena micrantha

Member - John and Val — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:55:00 GMT

A small erect shrub, growing about half a metre high. Leaves a small, triangular ending in a sharp point and crowded along the stems Flowers have only 4 petals and are small and numerous, white-cream-yellow and seem to cover the whole plant. Grows in sandy soils near the coast.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Oligarrhena Species: micrantha Main Flower Colour: Cream

Heath Tea Tree

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:17:00 GMT

Leptospermum myrsinoides, commonly known as silky tea-tree or heath tea-tree, is a shrub species that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It grows to between 1 and 2 metres high and has narrow leaves that are about 5 to 10mm long and 1 to 3 mm wide. The flowers, which are white or pink, appear between October and November in the species native range. The species was first formally described by German botanist Diederich von Schlechtendal in Linnaea in 1847. It occus in South Australia, Victoria and the south-east corner of New South Wales.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Leptospermum Species: myrsinoides Main Flower Colour: White

Heath-leaved Honeysuckle

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:00:00 GMT

A scraggy open bush with bell shaped red flowers. Normally flowers September, October however in the Stirling Range W.A. was found to be still flowering in March
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Lambertia Species: ericfolia Main Flower Colour: Red

Heberle's spider orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:21:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial herb, 0.2-0.45 m high. Flowers Sept. to Oct. Grows in Sand, clayey loam and gravel.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: heberleana Main Flower Colour: Cream

Helmet Orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 04:23:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Corybas Species: recurvus Main Flower Colour: Red

Hemigenia

Member - Tony S (WA) — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:48:00 GMT

A compact shrub bearing purple flowers.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Hemigenia Species: benthamii Main Flower Colour: Purple

Hemigenia pachyphylla

Member - John and Val — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:41:00 GMT

A tough woody shrub growing to about 3m high. Conspicuous white flowers marked with red streaks. Flowers in leaf axils. Leaves thick (hence the name pachyphylla meaning thick leaf) with mid vein. Leaf surface scabrous. Growing on red sand in arid scrubland.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Hemigenia Species: pachyphylla Main Flower Colour: White

Holly Leafed Grevillea

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:14:00 GMT

Upright shrub to 3m, common in desert areas. Holly shaped leaves and dense clusters of bright red flowers.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: wickhamii Main Flower Colour: Red

Holly-leaf Grevillea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:26:00 GMT

Spreading to prostrate shrub, 0.3–2 m high. Leaves 3–9 cm long, 2.5–6 cm wide, divided or rarely some entire, usually with 3–7 triangular to ovate teeth or lobes 0.5–5 cm long, 4–8 mm wide, margins recurved; lower surface subsericeous. Inflorescences secund, 2–5 cm long. Perianth green-cream to grey or mauve, few to many appressed hairs outside, glabrous inside. Gynoecium usually 20–25 mm long; ovary densely hairy; style pink to red, glabrous, pollen presenter erect to oblique. Follicle hairy with reddish brown stripes or blotches.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: ilicifolia Main Flower Colour: Pink

Holly-leaved Banksia

John Baas — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:16:00 GMT

Erect tree or shrub, to 12 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. red/orange/yellow/cream, Jan to Dec. White or grey sand, black sandy loam, limestone, granite, quartz. Consolidated dunes or low-lying flats.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: ilicifolia Main Flower Colour: Red

Homoranthus darwinioides

Member - John and Val — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:24:00 GMT

Open shrub. Leaves small and slightly compressed. Flowers small, in pairs, white when young turning red with age. Curved styles extended beyond the petals. Growing in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Homoranthus Species: darwinioides Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Honey Bush

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:22:00 GMT

Erect to sprawling, pungent, ?lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-1.5(-3) m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow/pink, May to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand, sandy loam, granitic soils, laterite.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: lissocarpha Main Flower Colour: White

Honeysuckle Oak or Spider Flower, Desert Grevillea

Member - Stanley D — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:01:00 GMT

A small tree or shrub 2 to 7 mts tall, grows throughout inland Australia (not found in Victoria). Rush like leaves are 10 to 30 cms long Flowers are bright orange and yellow and produced most of the year, most prolific July to November.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: juncifolia Main Flower Colour: Orange

Hood Leaved Hakea

Member - John and Val — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:51:00 GMT

Striking mauve-pink flowers sitting in clusters in the axils of rounded leaves are a feature of this straggling upright shrub. Seen growing in the Stirling ranges NP where it forms part of the understorey among taller eucalyptus. The broad, alternate leaves are about 4cm across. Seed capsules are without projections.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: cucullata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Hooded leaved Hakea (Scallops)

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:40:00 GMT

Shrubs, 1–4 m high. Leaves alternate. Grows amongst medium trees, or low trees (heathland); in gravelly soil. Cucullata (L.): cowled or hooded; referring to the leaves of this species.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: cucullata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Hop Goodenia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:08:00 GMT

Goodenia is a genus of about 200 species, almost all of which are confined to Australia although a few occur in the islands to the north. The genus gives its name to the Goodeniaceae family which includes several other well known genera including Lechenaultia, Dampiera and Scaevola. With a few exceptions goodenias, generally, are not widely cultivated despite the fact that most are small shrubs or herbs with colourful flowers and well suited to smaller gardens. Goodenia ovata is a small, open shrub up to about 1 metre high (occasionally higher). The leaves are glossy green and oval shaped to about 100 mm long. The yellow flowers occur in spring in the leaf axils and are conspicuous against the dark green leaves. This species is not widely cultivated as it is perceived to have a "weedy" growth habit. It tends to grow quickly and can become open and untidy. However, it responds well to hard pruning and is a good plant to use as a quick-growing "filler". A recent introduction is a completely prostrate form. This has a lot to offer as a quick growing and robust groundcover, although it does not tolerate extended dry conditions well. All forms are hardy in most soils and in a sunny or semi-shaded position. Propagation of G.ovata is very easy from cuttings taken at most times of the year. Seed also germinates reliably but is not easily obtained.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: ovata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Hopbush

Member - John and Val — Sun, 18 May 2014 02:21:00 GMT

Forget flowers, its the colourful seed pods that look a bit like hops used to flavour beer that make these plants distinctive. Much branched, dense low shrub to 1m high. Leaves with up to 3 pairs of round leaflets, sticky. Separate inconspicuous male and female flowers. Seeds enclosed in a colourful 3 or 4-winged capsule. Growing in stony area.
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Dodonaea Species: microzyga Main Flower Colour: Other

Hovea

Member - John and Val — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:19:00 GMT

Erect open shrub to 1.5m. Narrow leaves, .
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Hovea Species: longifolia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Hybrid Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:45:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: hybrid x longicauda Main Flower Colour: White

Ikulyukulyu or upside-down plant

Sat, 27 Sep 2014 03:20:00 GMT

Unique desert species that has the flowers growing at the bottom of the plant.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Leptosema Species: chambersii Main Flower Colour: Red

Illyarrie

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:17:00 GMT

Tree, 3-8(-14) m high, bark smooth. Fl. yellow, Feb to Apr. Sandy soils. Limestone ridges & outcrops.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: erythrocorys Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Island Boronia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:13:00 GMT

Small and sometimes bushy shrub to around 50cm high. Leaves are small in threes, flowering over a long period during spring. The flowers have four petals and is confined to Kangaroo Island and is rarely found on mainland South Australia.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Boronia Species: edwardsii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Island Point Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:37:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Island Point Spider Orchid, Caladenia Island Point was only known till last week from one population on the margins of Harvey estuary of 100 or so plants . As luck would have it we discovered an entirely new population location secret at this stage.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: sp. Island Point Main Flower Colour: Other

Isopogon baxteri

Member - John and Val — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:18:00 GMT

Straggling, open shrub. Leaves deep green, deeply lobed, each lobe terminating in a sharp point. Large flower heads of feathery pink flowers. Endemic to Stirling Ranges.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Isopogon Species: baxteri Main Flower Colour: Pink

Isopogon latifolius

Member - John and Val — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:16:00 GMT

Rounded shrub to 1.5m. Broad leathery leaves about 7cm long, pale blue-green. Conspicuous mauve-pink flower heads.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Isopogon Species: latifolius Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Isotoma petraea - Rock Isomome

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:54:00 GMT

Erect, spreading annual or perennial, herb, (0.1-)0.2-0.6(-1) m high. Fl. blue/blue-purple, Feb to Nov. Shallow soils over granite. Amongst rocks, breakaways, in rock crevices, rocky outcrops.
Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Lithotoma formerly Isotoma Species: petraea Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Joseph Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:08:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: polychroma Main Flower Colour: Cream

Joseph's spider orchid - Red version

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:01:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.2-0.3 m high. Grows in Sand, loam, clay loam. Damp flats. Found between Boyup Brook and Fitzgerald River.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: polychroma Main Flower Colour: Red

Joseph's Spider orchid - Yellow Version

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:04:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.2-0.3 m high. Grows in Sand, loam, clay loam. Damp flats. Found between Boyup Brook and Fitzgerald River
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: polychroma Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Jug Orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 08:18:00 GMT

Unusual striped flowers make the jug orchid unmistakeable. The plant grows up to about half a meter tall with several elongated leaves clasping the flowering stem. Usually only a single flower is produced on each stem, though occasionally 2 or 3 flowers are seen. The green and white colouring of the flowers changes to include red and brown tones as the flower ages. Jug orchids are found throughout the SW of WA from Geraldton to Israelite Bay, although they are most common in the wetter forest areas. The species name "recurva" means "bent" referring to the tips of the lateral sepals.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: recurva Main Flower Colour: Other

Kangaroo Apple

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:10:00 GMT

Erect shrub to 2 m high, glabrous except for minute hairs on corolla apices; prickles absent. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 3–8 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, margins usually entire, ± concolorous, both surfaces green and glabrous; petiole to 1 cm long; juvenile leaves to 19 cm long and to 9 cm wide, shallowly lobed basally. Inflorescences £ 12-flowered; peduncle 0–10 mm long; rachis to 50 mm long; pedicels to 25 mm long. Calyx 3–5 mm long; lobes 2–3 mm long. Corolla rotate, 20–30 mm diam., violet. Berry 10–15 mm diam., green or tinged purple.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: simile Main Flower Colour: Purple

Kangaroo Grass

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:22:00 GMT

Kangaroo grass is native to Australia and Africa. It is one of the most widespread native grasses in Australia growing in every state and territory, from interior arid regions to the alps and coast. It once dominated tussock grasslands in eastern Australia. Kangaroo grass is a deep rooted perennial grass with a soft, tussock habit. The leaves are long and thin and as they mature, turn from green to red/brown/purple. It can grow to a height of 30-100 cm. Attractive rusty-red seedheads form throughout the summer. Seed heads are usually 30-50 cm long on stems with dark nodes.
Family: Poaceae Genus: Themeda Species: triandra (australis) Main Flower Colour: Other

Kangaroo Island Cone sticks - KI Endemic

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:27:00 GMT

Densely branched shrub to 60 cm tall. Branchlets densely grey-puberulent. Leaves 4–8 cm long overall; petiole 2–5 cm long; lamina divaricate, terete, rigid, glabrous; first branches trichotomous; later branches dichotomous; pinnae pungent, 2–10 mm long. Inflorescence ovoid to globose, axillary, solitary, sessile, 20–25 mm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous outside, sericeous inside; cone scales broad, circular, prominently acuminate, sericeous, becoming partly glabrous towards tip. Flowers 8–15 mm long, cream, tomentose. Pollen presenter fusiform, 2.5–3.5 mm long, hirsute. Cones ovoid, to 4 cm long. Nuts c. 3 mm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Petrophile Species: multisecta Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Kangaroo Island Correa

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:29:00 GMT

Variable small shrub depending on the soil type. Ovate leaves with rusty hairs on th e bark. There are many colour forms, with natural hybrrids between species on Kangaroo Island making it at times to identity.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Correa Species: backhouseana var. orbicularis Main Flower Colour: Red

Kangaroo Island Gland Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:32:00 GMT

Adenanthos macropodianus has an erect habit, usually growing to 1 metre (3 ft) in height although plants as high as 3 metres (10 ft) have been recorded. The leaves, which are up to 15 mm (0.6 in) long, are silvery, and deeply lobed into nine or more soft, hairy laciniae about half a millimetre in diameter. The flowers, which appear throughout the year, have a pink to red (or rarely yellow) perianth and a style up to 30 mm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: macropodianus Main Flower Colour: Pink

Kangaroo Island Riceflower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:18:00 GMT

Shrub usually 0.7–1.5 m high. Stems glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, narrowly elliptic, glabrous, bluish green on adaxial surface, paler abaxially; lamina 12–33 mm long, 3–13 mm wide or rarely some leaves smaller. Inflorescence pendulous, compact, many-flowered; involucral bracts 4 or 6, ovate or broadly ovate, usually 13–26 mm long, 10–20 mm wide, glabrous, pale green and occasionally partially purplish. Flowers bisexual, with deciduous hairs outside, pale yellow. Hypanthium 10–17 mm long, circumscissile, with dense long indumentum outside on ovary-portion, more sparsely hairy above; style-portion 8–14 mm long, hairy inside. Sepals 3–4 mm long. Stamens longer than sepals; anther locules semi-latrorse. Ovary distally hairy. Confined to Kangaroo Is., S.A. Occurs in sand, sometimes in rocky ground, in shrubland. Flowers Nov.–Feb.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: macrostegia Main Flower Colour: White

Kangaroo Paw - (Tentative) Bicolor subsp. extans

Cienne — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:59:00 GMT

Spindly, low growing plant to 50cm. Flower bright red and green but not as intense as Mangles Kangaroo Paw. Growing in sandy gravel roadside.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Anigozanthos Species: Bicolor subsp. extans Main Flower Colour: Other

Kangaroo Thorn

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:10:00 GMT

Erect or spreading shrub 1–4 m high; bark finely fissured, brownish grey; branchlets ± terete with low ridges, ± hairy. Stipules spinescent, slender, mostly 5–15 mm long. source: Plant NET Flora Online Kangaroo Thorn ( Acacia paradoxa ) is an upright or spreading shrub growing to 1-4 m high with smooth or finely fissured brownish grey bark. The branchlets are vertically ridged and frequently hairy (sometimes hairless). The phyllodes (flattened leaf-stalks that look like, and function as, leaves) are generally straight-sided or slightly curved, narrowed at both ends, 8-20 mm long, usually 2-7 mm wide and hairless or sparsely hairy. ... source: Weeds in Australia. Kangaroo Thorn is a native species in mainland south-eastern Australia. Since European settlement, it has been introduced to Tasmania and become naturalised in the west of that state (Maslin 2001; Parsons & Cuthbertson 2001; Buchanan 2005). It is also now considered to be a naturalised introduction in south-western Western Australia where it was formerly considered to be native (Paczkowska & Chapman 2000; Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). Isolated records from a homestead south of Halls Creek in Western Australia and on a station in the Northern Territory south-east of the former location are well north of its known native range and are probably naturalisations and/or planted specimens (National Herbarium of Victoria 2007).
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: paradoxa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Karri Snail orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:06:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.08-0.29 m high. Fl. green, Jul to Nov. Sandy loam-clay, laterite clay over granite, shallow mossy soils. Winter damp flats, in forests, on rocks and around rock bases, on road verges.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: sp. Karri forest Main Flower Colour: Other

Karri Spider Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 15:20:00 GMT

A high rainfall late flowering spider orchid growing between 300 and 600 mm tall,with a single hairy leaf.The orchid can have up to three variably red, green, yellow and white flowers together with a red tipped labellum. The orchid is mainly in found the Karri forests in the high rainfall areas between Dunsborough and Albany.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: Brownii Main Flower Colour: Other

Keraudrenia

Alan McCall — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:38:00 GMT

Family: Malvaceae Genus: Keraudrenia Species: velutina Main Flower Colour: Purple

Keraudrenia velutina

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:41:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.4-2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Feb to Dec. Variety of soils.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Keraudrenia Species: velutina Main Flower Colour: Purple

Kick Bush

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:06:00 GMT

Usually prostrate or sometimes diffuse to erect shrub, 0.05-0.3(-0.4) m high. Fl. yellow/cream, Jan to Dec. Yellow/grey sand, red/brown laterite gravel, brown clay to sandy clay, ironstone, limestone. Flats, hillslopes, winter-wet sites, edges of lakes.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Astroloma Species: pallidum Main Flower Colour: White

Kimberley Rose

Krzysztof B — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:41:00 GMT

Family: Malvaceae Genus: Brachychiton Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Red

Kimberley Rose

Krzysztof B — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:42:00 GMT

Family: Malvaceae Genus: Brachychiton Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Red

King in his Carriage Orchid

Barry H12 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:00:00 GMT

Grows to 100mm - 350mm in height
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Drakaea Species: glyptodon Main Flower Colour: Yellow

King in his Carriage orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:13:00 GMT

King in his Carriage Drakaea glyptodon, southwest area
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Drakaea Species: glyptodon Main Flower Colour: Other

Kingia

Member - John and Val — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:31:00 GMT

Not a grasstree, although Kingia does look like one, especially when not in flower. Kingia has a thick trunk made up of accumulated leaf bases. The trunk is usually (but not always) unbranched. A bunch of long thin leaves sits on top of the trunk, and many flower stalks topped with a globular flower head protrude above the leaves. Individual flowers are small brown/green. Flowering is triggered by fire. Kingias grow very slowly but can live for hundreds of years, so tall plants are very old.
Family: Dasypogonaceae Genus: Kingia Species: australis Main Flower Colour: Other

Knife-leaf wattle - Acacia cultriformis

Member - John and Val — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:29:00 GMT

A wiry erect shrub that grows to a rounded shrub about 4m. Has grey triangular shaped phyllodes. Bears large golden ball shaped flowers in spring.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: cultriformis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Koch's Pigface

Member - Warren H — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 05:33:00 GMT

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gunniopsis kochii, commonly known as the Koch's pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia.[1] The sparsely branching annual herb covered in papillose typically grows to a height of 20 centimetres (8 in). It has fleshy grey-green leaves that are ovate to oblanceolate in shape. Leaves are up to 30 mm (1.18 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in). It blooms between September and October producing solitary purple and pink flowers.[1] The plant is found in stony areas like gibber plains. It is distributed through central parts of South Australia.[1] The species was first formally described as Aizoon kochii by the botanist R.Wagner in 1904 in his work Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. It was subsequently reclassified by Robert Chinnock in 1983 in the article The Australian genus Gunniopsis Pax (Aizoaceae) in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[2] References 1. "Gunniopsis kochii (Aizoaceae) Koch's Pigface". Seeds of South Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2017. 2. "Gunniopsis kochii (R.Wagner) Chinnock". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Gunniopsis Species: G. kochii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Kondrung

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:06:00 GMT

Low or erect spreading shrub, 0.1-1.2 m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. red/pink, Jan to Dec. Often on lateritic soils
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Astroloma Species: serratifolium Main Flower Colour: Pink

Kopata

Member - John and Val — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:26:00 GMT

This pretty little perennial herb occurs in grassy patches in rocky ground at lower elevations. It is found from SE Queensland to Tasmania and also in New Zealand.
Family: Geraniaceae Genus: Pelargonium Species: inodorum Main Flower Colour: Pink

Kopi Poverty Bush

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:21:00 GMT

Erect shrub or tree, 1-5 m high. Fl. cream-yellow-orange-pink, Jul to Dec. Red sandy soils. Salt lake country, claypans, alkali flats
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: miniata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Lambtails

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:15:00 GMT

Lambs Tails is exactly what the flower heads look like. Flower heads appear woolly and white due to a dense covering of hair giving a woolly appearance. Actual flowers are small and appear black/purple. Rounded shrub to 1.5m, growing in gravelly sand. Leaves about 3cm long, linear with a felted texture.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Lachnostachys Species: eriobotrya Main Flower Colour: Other

Large Fruited Mallee

Member - John and Val — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 04:05:00 GMT

An aptly named Mallee with very large fruit (gumnuts). Although the mallee itself is not large - growing only a few metres in height - it has plenty of other "large" characteristics. There are big leathery leaves, large buds 2cm across and big flattened gumnuts 5-6cm across. Flowers vary in colour from cream through pink to red. Widely distributed in desert areas.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: youngiana Main Flower Colour: White

Large-leaf Daisy-bush

Member - John and Val — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:54:00 GMT

A shrub to 2 m high that grows in moist sub-alpine gullies. Leaves alternate or opposite, 20–120 mm long, 6–28 mm wide; margins entire, flat; apex acute or rounded; surfaces discolorous, upper surface glabrous and dark green, lower surface beige-felted; petiole to 30 mm long. Flower heads terminal, in simple corymbs, pedunculate, flowerheads 23–32 mm diam. Ray florets 5–9, white. Disc florets 9–14, yellow.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: megalophylla Main Flower Colour: White

Leafless Bitter-pea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:15:00 GMT

Daviesia brevifolia (Leafless Bitter-pea) is a broom-like shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Australia. It grows to 1 metre in height and has phyllodes with pointed, recurved tips. These are 2 to 5 mm long. Obovate juvenile leaves may also be present. Apricot to brown-red pea flowers are produced between August and October in the species native range in South Australia and Victoria. These are followed by inflated pods which are about 15 mm long and 10 mm wide. The species was first formally described by English botanist John Lindley in 1838 in Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Daviesia Species: brevifolia Main Flower Colour: Orange

Leafless Orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 04:36:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Praecoxanthus Species: aphyllus Main Flower Colour: Cream

Leaping Spider Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:30:00 GMT

It is identified by its leaping posture.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: macrostylis Main Flower Colour: Other

Leaping Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:41:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: macrostylis Main Flower Colour: Other

Lemon Scented Sun Orchid

graeme w9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:01:00 GMT

One of our lovely sun orchids that flowers early in the year.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: antennifera Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Lepidium pedicellosum

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:51:00 GMT

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.3-1 m high, plants glabrous or sometimes hairy, leaves petiolate, never stem-clasping. Fl. white, May to Oct. Stony soils. Rocky hillsides & creeks.
Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Lepidium Species: pedicellosum Main Flower Colour: White

Lesser Bottlebrush

John Baas — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:17:00 GMT

One of only two 'true' bottlebrushes in WA. Tall to small tree or shrub, 1-6 m high. Fl. red, Sep to Dec or Jan. Sandy soils, laterite. Often along watercourses.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Callistemon Species: phoeniceus Main Flower Colour: Red

Lesueur Southern Cross

John Baas — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:20:00 GMT

Prostrate to ascending perennial, herb, 0.2-0.5(-0.9) m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. white-cream-pink, Sep to Dec. Lateritic gravelly soils.
Family: Apiaceae Genus: Xanthosia Species: tomentosa Main Flower Colour: Cream

Leucopogon

Member - John and Val — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:01:00 GMT

Straggly, prickly shrub with wiry branches. Narrow leaves ending in a sharppoint.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Leucopogon Species: virgatus Main Flower Colour: White

Leucopogon polymorphus

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:07:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. white, Jun to Oct. Sandy soils over laterite or limestone.
Family: Ericaceae Genus: Leucopogon Species: polymorphus Main Flower Colour: White

Lignum

Member - John and Val — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:50:00 GMT

A familiar sight across floodplains and wetlands in inland Australia is the multi-stemmed dense and tangled shrub commonly known as Lignum. Plants vary greatly in size, as its growth responds to flooding. Plants often appear almost leafless and flowers are inconspicuous, although there are separate male and female plants.
Family: Polygonaceae Genus: Muehlenbeckia Species: florulenta Main Flower Colour: Cream

Little Leek Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:19:00 GMT

Grows to 200-400mm Wide opening flowers Egg shaped labellum Up to 20 White, Green and Brown flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Prasophyllum Species: ovale Main Flower Colour: White

Little Pink Fairy Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:07:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.15 m high. Fl. pink, Jul to Sept. Sand, loam, gravel, laterite, granite. Open jarrah, wandoo woodland.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: reptans subsp. reptans Main Flower Colour: Pink

Little Woollybush

John Baas — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 09:56:00 GMT

Erect,compact shrub, to 1.2 m high. Fl. red/pink, Feb or May to Dec. White, grey or yellow sand, sandy clay, gravel. Among low scrub.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: argyreus Main Flower Colour: Red

Littoral Casuarina

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:21:00 GMT

A shrub or small tree with rough, furrowed bark. Foliage can be drooping or held erect. Branchlets have whorls of 6-9 teeth at each joint. Female flower is pictured.
Family: Casuarinaceae Genus: Casuarina Species: littoralis Main Flower Colour: Red

Lodges spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 07:16:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Lodges spider orchid, Caladenia lodgeana. This is a late flowering orchid, flowering in November December. It is also uncommon , found in the lower south west , and also discovered by Greg Bussell.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: lodgeana Main Flower Colour: White

Lomandra nigricans

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:38:00 GMT

Dioecious (separate male and female plants) rhizomatous, caespitose (tufted) perennial, herb, 0.25-0.7 m high. Fl. white, May to Aug. White, grey, yellow or black peaty sand, lateritic soils.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Lomandra Species: nigricans Main Flower Colour: White

Longleaved Cone Bush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:23:00 GMT

This unusual shrub appears as a tuft of elongated rounded (terete) leaves about 30cm high with flowerheads and old seed capsules nestled at ground level, in among the leaf bases. Petrophile longifolia is a prostrate, non-lignotuberous shrub, growing from 15cm to 50cm high. It prefers to grow rocky or stony places.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Petrophile Species: longifolia Main Flower Colour: Cream

Macarthuria australis

John Baas — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 08:40:00 GMT

Erect or ascending, spreading, wiry shrub, 0.15-0.75 m high. Fl. white/white-cream, May to Dec or Jan to Feb (mainly Aug-Sep). Sand or laterite. Coastal sandplains, sandhills, roadsides.
Family: Molluginaceae Genus: Macarthuria Species: australis Main Flower Colour: White

Macrozamia dyeri or Zamia Palm

Member - John and Val — Mon, 19 May 2014 07:39:00 GMT

These ancient plants were abundant when dinosaurs were here. Macrozamia dyeri is a palm-like plant (but not a palm) with a short stout trunk above ground, reaching a diameter of 1 metre or more, dull blueish-green leaves up to 2m long with broad leaflets, each leaflet with a distinct "keel". Cones are long, narrow, male and female cones are borne on separate plants. Cone production is probably stimulated by fire. Found only in South-western Australia, from Monglinup River east to Israelite Bay. Locally abundant in coastal shrublands and heaths on deep beach sand deposits.
Family: Zamiaceae Genus: Macrozamia Species: dyeri Main Flower Colour: Other

Mangles Kangaroo Paw, red-and-green kangaroo paw

Member - John and Val — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:57:00 GMT

Iridescent red and green flowers make Mangles Kangaroo Paw one of Australia's most recognised wildflowers. It is a rhizotomous perennial with long, grey-green linear leaves up to 60 cm long. The leaves extend from a central point at ground level. Its fantastically shaped red and green flowers appear at the end of long stalks in Spring. These stalks can reach a height of over 1m from the base. The flowers open in sequence from the lowest point and spent flower-stalks may remain on the plant well after their colour has faded. Flowers are tubular and elongated, the tips of the 6 fused petals bending back when open to reveal the 6 stamens. Flowers contain nectar that is a food source for many birds, who in turn act as pollinators for the flowers. In November 1960, Anigozanthos manglesii was adopted as the floral emblem of Western Australia.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Anigozanthos Species: manglesii Main Flower Colour: Red

Mantis Orchid, Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:22:00 GMT

Small ground orchid
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Marble Gum

Member - John and Val — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 07:50:00 GMT

A large desert gum reaching over 20m high. Bark smooth throughout, white, shedding in brownish short ribbons or in small polygonal flakes. Leaves are dull green 4 - 6cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers are white to cream and appear after good rain. Spherical fruits (gumnuts) give the tree its common name and are about 10-12mm across.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: gongylocarpa Main Flower Colour: White

Margaret River Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:56:00 GMT

A distinct yellow spider orchid
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: citrina Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Margaret River Spider Orchid hybrid

graeme w9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:58:00 GMT

This orchid is usually yellow in colour but often crosses with one of the red labellum spider orchds. This is one of the crosses.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: hybrid Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Mat Heath Mrytle

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:19:00 GMT

Thryptomene ericaea is unique to South Australia. It occurs on Kangaroo Island and, to a lesser extent, on lower Eyre Peninsular. Centenary Starburst is a striking, medium sized shrub which grows on Kangaroo Island in mallee eucalypt vegetation. It grows from 0.5 to 1.2 metres in height. In spring its stems or pink-tinged buds burst into dainty white flowers.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Thryptomene Species: ericaea Main Flower Colour: White

Mat Mulla Mulla

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:43:00 GMT

Prostrate annual, herb, 0.03-0.12 m high, leaves, ovate-spathulate, 7-110 mm long, leaves 2-45 mm wide; spike ovoid-cylindrical, 15-50 mm long; spike 25-40 mm wide; bract 7.5-9 mm long; bracteole 8.5-10 mm long; tepals 17-20 mm long; fertile stamens 2, staminodes 3; ovary hairy; style curved, 3.8-5 mm long, eccentrically fixed to ovary. Fl. pink-white, Apr to Nov. Red sand. Stony hills, plains, sand dunes.
Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Species: axillaris Main Flower Colour: Pink

Melaleuca

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:23:00 GMT

Woody shrub to 3m. Branches covered with papery bark. Leaves small and narrow.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Melaleuca parviceps

John Baas — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:26:00 GMT

Shrub, to 0.6 m high. Fl. pink, Dec. Red-brown clay-loam. Disturbed eucalypt woodland.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Species: parviceps Main Flower Colour: Purple

Merrits White Spider Orchid

graeme w9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:51:00 GMT

The largest white spider orchid we have, with very long sepals , flowers more frequent after a late spring burn.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: merrittii Main Flower Colour: White

Micromyrtus

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:24:00 GMT

Small shrub about 1m tall.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Micromyrtus Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Milkmaids

Member - John and Val — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:47:00 GMT

Evocatively named Milkmaids form a lily-like plant with narrow, elongated leaves about 40 cm long. Flowers are held on a slender, 40 cm high stalk that has two leaf-like bracts along its length. The white (or sometimes pink tinged) flowers have 6 petals (tepals really) and are about 20 - 25mm across, with a pinkish centre. The flowers are arranged in clusters (umbels) of 2-10 flowers.
Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Burchardia Species: umbellata Main Flower Colour: White

Mint Bush

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:25:00 GMT

Shrub with minty aromatic leaves. Grows in sheltered places near rocks or streams.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Prostanthera Species: rotundifolia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Mistletoe

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:18:00 GMT

Mistletoes are parasites on trees and shrubs. They use the host plant to provide water and some sugars which are accessed via a specialised structure (haustoria) that penetrates the stem of the host. The plant in the photo was hosted on a mulga (Acacia sp) although numerous other species of tree and shrub can act as a host plant. The particular mistletoe species is pendulous, and greyish coloured. Flowers in sets of 3, the 5 petals covered with short white hairs. Also known as Loranthus quandang or Loranthus canus
Family: Loranthaceae Genus: Amyema Species: quandang Main Flower Colour: Pink

Moort

Member - John and Val — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 07:56:00 GMT

Although Moort grows into a small mallee-like tree, the ones that we have seen have been very low growing (in exposed conditions). The bark is smooth, and the leaves are rounded. The peduncles (stems of the flower buds) are flattened and strap-like, while the flower buds are angular, topped with finger-like bud caps (operculum). The flowers hang downwards (pendant) and are greenish yellow.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: platypus Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Morning Flag

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 16:48:00 GMT

Orthrosanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1827. It native to Australia, Mexico, Central and South America. The genus name is derived from the Greek words orthros, meaning "morning", and anthos, meaning "flower". They are known commonly as morning irises. These are rhizomatous perennial herbs. The linear to sword-shaped leaves are arranged in a layered fan. The flowers are usually blue, except in one white-flowered species. This genus is closely related to the genus Libertia. The flowers are very similar, but Libertia flowers are usually white.
Family: Iridaceae Genus: Orthrosanthus Species: multiflorus Main Flower Colour: Blue

Morrison Featherflower

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:19:00 GMT

Erect shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Flowers yellow-orange, Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Grey/white or brown sand.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: nitens Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Mosquito Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:40:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Cyrtostylis Species: robusta Main Flower Colour: Cream

Mother Shield Fern

Member - John and Val — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 07:33:00 GMT

Mother Shield fern is a hardy, cool climate terrestrial fern with attractive dark green divided fronds. It is found growing along the tablelands and ranges of eastern NSW, Victoria and Tasmania where it occurs at high altitudes in alpine regions. It often is found growing amongst boulders, and at lower altitudes in moist forest areas. It typically grows along creeks and in gullies, favouring the cooler and moister aspects.
Family: Dryopteridaceae Genus: Polystichum Species: proliferum Main Flower Colour: Other

Mottlecah

rapid80 — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:48:00 GMT

Mallee with a sprawling, straggling habit. Leaves are large, blue-grey and sessile (without a leaf stalk). Large buds with a pointed bud cap (operculum). Flowers are the largest of all eucalypts, up to 7cm diameter. Gumnuts are large and flattened.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: macrocarpa Main Flower Colour: Red

Mount Gason Wattle

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:45:00 GMT

Acacia pickardii is a shrub or small tree 3-5 m high. The stipules are spinose and the inflorescence globular. It is distinguished within the A. victoriae group by its sharp cylindrical foliage (phyllodes). Galls, produced by thrips, are common on the leaves of this species. These can be confused as fruit by inexperienced observers. Flowering: August-November. Fruiting is very rare and the species reproduces mainly by root suckering.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: pickardii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Mountain Bells

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:20:00 GMT

Endemic to SW WA. Small open, erect shrub to about 1m tall. Leaves are small, narrow and heath-like. Flowers a brilliant red-pink, 3-4cm long, pendant, bell shaped. Growing on rocky slopes as understorey in dry forest
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Darwinia Species: leiostyla Main Flower Colour: Red

Mountain Pea

Cienne — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:07:00 GMT

Tentative Identification. Spindly, small branched shrub to 1.5 m with leaves 4-6cm long.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Gastrolobium Species: rubrum Main Flower Colour: Red

Mountain Shaggy Pea

Member - John and Val — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:46:00 GMT

This spreading shrub is common in alpine and subalpine areas in Vic, NSW and the ACT. It is showy when in flower over the summer months. The leaves are oblong to elliptical, 2 to 4cm long, with a leathery texture and short sharp tip. They are opposite or sometimes in whorls of 3 along the stem. The pea shaped flowers are bright yellow and red, and are found massed at the end of the branches.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Podolobium Species: alpestre Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Mt Finke Grevillea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:27:00 GMT

Grevillea treueriana, also known known as Mount Finke grevillea, is a shrub that is endemic to Mount Finke in South Australia. It is listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act. The species grows to about 2 metres in both height and width. It has deeply lobed leaves with sharp points and produces bright, orange-red "toothbrush" flowers in winter and spring.[4]
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: treueriana Main Flower Colour: Red

Much-branched Daisybush

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:46:00 GMT

The Much-branched Daisybush is a low shrub although it can grow to over 1 metre under favourable conditions. The very small leaves are 2 mm in length and are covered in fine woolly hairs that help to reduce moisture loss. Flower colour is variabale.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: ramosissima Main Flower Colour: White

Mulga Bluebush

Member - Tony S (WA) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:58:00 GMT

Open, divaricately branched shrub. 0.4-2 m high. Red sand, sandy clay, loam, non-saline.
Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: Maireana Species: convexa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Mulla Mulla

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:03:00 GMT

In drier areas swathes of Mulla Mullas can make a wonderful springtime display after autumn rain. Upright plant to 75cm. Leaves broad and smooth. Conical flower heads held above foliage. Feathery appearance due to bracts surrounding individual small flowers.
Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Species: exaltatus Main Flower Colour: Pink

Mulla Mulla

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:44:00 GMT

Erect perennial to 1.5 m high. Stems simple or branched, ± glabrous except for axils and young shoots. Leaves obovate or oblong-lanceolate or spathulate, to 20 cm long, to 5 cm wide, acute, thick. Inflorescence conical lengthening to cylindrical, 3–20 cm long, 3–4.5 cm wide. Bracts hairy especially along midrib, ovate to elliptic, mucronate. Perianth segments c. 20 mm long; outer surface with close woolly hairs, mixed with longer straight hairs towards top third, apex glabrous; inner surface glabrous except for woolly base. Stamens 2 or 3, staminodes 3 or 2. Ovary stalked, hairy at the top.
Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Species: exaltatus var. exaltatus Main Flower Colour: Purple

Mulla Mulla

Member - John and Val — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:41:00 GMT

Low shrub to 0.5m with narrow leaves. Flower heads on long stalks held well above foliage.
Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Species: helipteroides Main Flower Colour: Pink

Mulla Mulla

Sharon G — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:04:00 GMT

Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Main Flower Colour: Pink

Muntries

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:21:00 GMT

Kunzea pomifera Some known Aboriginal names:Munta, ngerp, nurp, nurt (Boanditj), Mantirri (Kaurna). Manter (Ngaiawang), Mantari (Ramindjeri), Mantar (Jaril) Common names Munterberry, Muntries, Munthries, Emu Apples, Native Cranberries Kunzea pomifera is a woody ground cover occurring in the wild in western Victoria and SA. It was an important food plant for the local Aboriginal people. They dried or baked surplus fruit into cakes to eat during the winter months. They also traded the fruit for important tools with neighbouring tribes. The plants produce fluffy white flowers in spring, followed by berries in Feb-March. They should start producing berries three years after planting. Berries may remain green but still be ripe. If left too long, the berries become unpalatable.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Kunzea Species: pomifera Main Flower Colour: White

Murchison Rose

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:31:00 GMT

Shrub to 1.5m. Leaves rounded and covered with short felted hairs giving the leaves a furry grey appearance. Stems and younger leaves covered with light brown hairs.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Diplolaena Species: mollis Main Flower Colour: Red

Mustard Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:07:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: caesarea subsp. caesarea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Nardoo

Member - John and Val — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:39:00 GMT

Burke and Wills tried to live on Nardoo when they returned to the Dig Tree. Unfortunately they didn't know how to prepare it so that it was nutritious. Marsilea is an aquatic fern that is adapted to desert conditions. It is found in all states of Australia, growing in shallow water or damp ground. It has a rhizome from which fronds arise with leaflets that look like a 4-leaf clover. Spores are held in a small spore capsule. Being a fern, it does not produce flowers.
Family: Marsileaceae Genus: Marsilea Species: drummondii Main Flower Colour: Other

Narrow Leaf Bitter Pea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:15:00 GMT

Broom-like shrub to 2 m high; upper branchlets often leafless. Phyllodes linear, 0–6.5 cm long, 0–5 mm wide, apex tapered to obtuse, base tapered, upper surface convex with slightly recurved margins, dull yellow-green; venation conspicuous, longitudinal, with a stronger vein near each margin. Racemes 5–10-flowered; rachis 2.5–10 mm long including 1.3–5 mm peduncle. Calyx 2.2–4.2 mm long including 0.8–1.6 mm receptacle; upper 2 teeth united in a truncate lip. Pod 7–8 mm long, 4–6 mm wide.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Daviesia Species: eptophylla Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Narrow leaved Red Mallee

Member - John and Val — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:23:00 GMT

Small tree or mallee up to 8m tall. Bark smooth and ribbony. Leaves narrow and shiny. Juvenile leaves small, rounded and greyish.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: foecunda Main Flower Colour: White

Narrow Leaved Spyridium

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:27:00 GMT

A small shrub with furry branches and narrow leaves. The flowers are white velvety leaves surrounded by tiny yellow flowers.
Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Spyridium Species: phylicoides Main Flower Colour: White

Narrow-leaf Hop-bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:42:00 GMT

Leaves variable, rarely elliptic, 1–25 mm wide, with length:breadth ratio of usually >4:1; capsule 3–4-winged, broad-elliptic to transverse- elliptic in lateral view; body of carpel (excluding wings) <6 mm wide. Leaves linear, lanceolate to narrow-elliptic or rarely oblanceolate, with length:breadth ratio of 5–15:1, rarely to 30:1. Leaves linear-lanceolate, linear to narrow-oblong or rarely oblanceolate, <10 mm wide. Leaves linear to narrow-oblong, rarely oblanceolate, not narrowly tapered at apex, sessile or petiole 1–10 mm long. Leaves 1–6 mm wide, with length:breadth ratio of >7.5:1, linear to narrow-oblong, rarely oblanceolate, sessile. Erect shrub to 4 m high. Leaves 3–9.5 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, apex acute to obtuse, margins irregularly sinuate or toothed.
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Dodonaea Species: viscosa subsp. angustissima Main Flower Colour: Red

Native Apricot

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 09:40:00 GMT

Shrub or tree to c. 10 m high, almost glabrous throughout; branches pendent. Leaves alternate, oblong or linear or narrowly elliptic, 4–12 cm long, 4–12 mm wide, falcate; margin flat, glabrous; apex with a small hooked point; petiole c. 10 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or in sessile to pedunculate few-flowered axillary or terminal clusters, sometimes unisexual, fragrant. Sepals 1.5–3.5 mm long, ciliate. Petals usually 7–10 mm long, yellow to cream. Ovary glabrous. Capsule compressed-ovoid to -globose, 8–18 mm long, smooth, glabrous, yellowish, often slightly depressed at pedicel junction; seeds usually 6–8, dark or orange-red. Pittosporum angustifolium is mainly an inland tree and is widespread across much of Australia. It extends from southern Western Australia, across much of South Australia, southern Northern Territory, northeastern Victoria, and over most of western and central New South Wales and Queensland.
Family: Pittosporaceae Genus: Pittosporum Species: angustifolium Main Flower Colour: Cream

Native Blue Cornflower or Blue pincushion

Keith G — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:57:00 GMT

As would be expected from its widespread distribution, Brunonia australis is rather variable in habit. It is a perennial herb, with a cluster of elliptical leaves at the base. The leaves are about 10 cm long. The flowers occur on 50 cm high stems arising from the basal leaves of the plant. While the individual flowers are small they occur in hemispherical clusters of 50 or more, each cluster being about 30 mm in diameter. The flower colour is mid to deep blue and flowers are usually seen in spring but may also occur sporadically, extending through to autumn
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Brunonia Species: australis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Native Cornflower

John Baas — Wed, 20 May 2015 07:26:00 GMT

Tufted perennial, herb or shrub, 0.05-0.4 m high. Fl. blue, May to Oct. Red sand. Sand dunes, stony hills, sandplains.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Brunonia Species: australis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Native Cornflower, Blue Pincushion

Alan McCall — Mon, 02 May 2016 11:56:00 GMT

Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Brunonia Species: australis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Native Foxglove

John Baas — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:01:00 GMT

An extremely attractive plant when in full flower. It is found widely around the eastern wheatbelt in the light colour as per the Yellowdine area photographs, to deep burgundy north of Muckinbudin, as in the Paynes Find area pics, with pink shades in between.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Dasymalla Species: terminalis Main Flower Colour: Pink

Native Hollyhock

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:04:00 GMT

It has an annual to short-lived perennial life-cycle, and can be grown in cultivation as an annual or biennial. It has a herbaceous to sub-shrubby habit, with erect to decumbent stems extending to 1m (occasionally to 2m); the younger parts are sparsely stellate-pubescent. The foliage is light to mid-green in colour, nearly round, up to 6" across, shallowly to deeply (palmately), 3-7, lobed, and serrate. In damp environments the upper surface of the foliage is green and smooth; in dry environments it is grey and densely felted with stellate hairs on both sides. Intermediate forms are often found. The flowers are white to lilac, extending to pink, mauve or magenta, with petals 12-25mm long, and occur solitarily or in clusters in the leaf axils.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Malva Species: behriana Main Flower Colour: Purple

Native Iris

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:13:00 GMT

Small tufted perennial with long strap-like leaves.
Family: Iridaceae Genus: Patersonia Species: inaequalis Main Flower Colour: White

Native Iris

Member - John and Val — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:37:00 GMT

Tufted perennial with long strap like leaves. Spreads by rhizomes. Flower stems shorter than the leaves. Flowers purple/blue with 3 large petals. Growing in sandy soil.
Family: Iridaceae Genus: Patersonia Species: occidentalis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Native Lily

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 30 May 2014 07:36:00 GMT

This lily is quite common and is native to W.A. A perennial herb and grows mainly in red loam and sandy clay. It grows in the Geraldton sand plains, extending to Coolgardie, the Murchison and the Avon Wheat-belt. Besides having the normal male and female flowers, some are unisex.
Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Wurmbea Species: densiflora Main Flower Colour: Pink

Native Liquorice

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 07:32:00 GMT

Erect subshrub to 1 m high, ± glabrous. Leaves 2–8 cm long; leaflets 9–13, linear to elliptic or obovate, 15–20 mm long; 2–8 mm wide, apex shortly mucronate, margins with minute, curved hairs, gland-dotted; stipules 3–5 mm long. Racemes spike-like, exceeding the leaves; peduncles 3–6 cm long; bracts filiform, 3–4 mm long. Calyx 3–4 mm long, teeth ± equal to tube. Corolla purple 5–8 mm long; standard lanceolate; wings shorter, linear-oblong; keel shortest, acute. Pod ovoid, 5–6 mm long, bristly, rusty-coloured; seeds c. 2.5 mm long, green mottled black.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Glycyrrhiza Species: acanthocarpa Main Flower Colour: Purple

Native Pear

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:33:00 GMT

Shrubs with twining branches to c. 1 m high, new growth pubescent. Leaves with lamina ovate to narrow-lanceolate, 3–9 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, apex long-acuminate, base cuneate to cordate, glabrous, mostly with 2 basal glands; petiole 10–30 mm long. Inflorescence dense, ± umbellate. Calyx lobes c. 2 mm long. Corolla 5–8 mm long, creamy above, greenish to purplish below. Corona tubular with 20 narrow-acuminate lobes, longer than anthers and ± as long as corolla. Follicles ovoid, 3–5 cm long, acuminate, sometimes falcate, pubescent, thin-walled; seeds with coma 10–25 mm long.
Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Cynanchum Species: floribundum Main Flower Colour: White

Native Plant

Ron T4 — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 07:16:00 GMT

Main Flower Colour: Other

Native Primrose

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:08:00 GMT

Prostrate to ascending herb to 20 cm long, cottony-pubescent; stems usually stoloniferous. Basal leaves obovate to oblanceolate, narrowing basally, dentate, glabrescent above, cottony-tomentose and with few short hairs, sometimes ±glabrescent below; lamina 2–6 cm long, 5–15 mm wide; cauline leaves smaller. Flowers distant in racemes to 5 cm long, or solitary in leaf axils; bracts leaf-like; peduncle 3–5 cm long; bracteoles linear, 5–12 mm long; pedicel 3–5 cm long, not articulate. Sepals narrowly oblong to ovate, 4–5 mm long. Corolla 13–14 mm long, pubescent inside, with small enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 5–6 mm long; wings c. 2 mm wide. Indusium broadly oblong. Ovules 12–18. Fruit ovoid, c. 10 mm long; valves bifid at apex. Seeds elliptic, 3 mm long, aculeate, yellowish. Extends from Eyre Peninsula, S.A., to central Vic. Grows in grassland, woodland and mallee. Flowers chiefly Sept.–Jan. Map 278.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: blackiana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Native Sorrel

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:15:00 GMT

Herb with branches erect or ascending, sometimes creeping, to 25 cm long, sparsely to densely hairy, with hairs mostly antrorse, or rarely nearly glabrous; taproot stout; bulbils absent. Leaves cauline, 3-foliolate; leaflets cuneate-obcordate, bilobed, sinus to three-fifths the length of leaflet; lobes oblong to slightly obovate, usually 4–10 mm long, mostly 2–6 mm wide with lobe apices rounded and 2–12 mm apart; petiole usually 1–4 cm long; stipules usually conspicuous, with an obtuse to rounded lobe. Inflorescences 1–6-flowered. Petals 6–12 mm long, yellow. Fruit erect, usually held above the leaves, long and usually slender-cylindrical, 8–30 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm diam.; outer surface with simple retrorse hairs; seeds ribbed.
Family: Oxalidaceae Genus: Oxalis Species: perennans Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Native Stock

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:53:00 GMT

Annual to 50 cm high, erect, with sessile, stalked-stellate or irregularly branched hairs. Basal leaves to 12 cm long; stem leaves reducing to entire, sessile. Sepals to 7 mm long. Petals 9–13 mm long, white, pink or lavender. Siliqua linear, usually 2.5–4 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, valves densely hairy, not markedly constricted between seeds; seeds plump, not winged; pedicel erect, mostly 8–13 mm long. Scattered in arid districts.
Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Blennodia Species: canescens Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Native Willow, Greenbush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:12:00 GMT

Native Willow is a medium sized open shrub growing to about 4 metres high. The leaves are about 5cm long, covered with soft white hairs. Buds and seedpods are also hairy. Yellow pea-shaped flowers are borne in clusters at the ends of the branches. Grows where moisture is available from seepage.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Callistachys Species: lanceolata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Newcastelia cephalantha

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:16:00 GMT

Much-branched shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high. Fl. white-purple, Jun to Oct. Red sandy soils. Sandplains, dunes.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Newcastelia Species: cephalantha Main Flower Colour: White

Nodding Banksia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:34:00 GMT

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1.3 m high. Fl. pink-purple/purple-brown, Nov to Dec or Jan to Apr. White or grey sand, gravel. Depressions, coastal consolidated dunes.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: nutans Main Flower Colour: Other

Nodding greenhood Orchid

coley62 — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:10:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pterostylis Species: nutans Main Flower Colour: Other

Northern Bee Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:28:00 GMT

Grows up to 200-400mm in height. Two to six basal leaves Up to five pale yellow brown marked flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: septentrionalis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Nyabing Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:49:00 GMT

These delicate little Spider Orchids were all growing together in a dry roadside area. Colours varied from predominately deep red through to a pinkish white. About 20cm tall.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: sp. 'Nyabing' Main Flower Colour: Red

Old Man Saltbush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:26:00 GMT

Atriplex nummularia is widespread across much of drylands of central and southern Australia [1]. It extends from the wheatbelt region of Western Australia, across the inland deserts of Northern Territory and South Australia and to the rangelands of western New South Wales and central Queensland. This species is a shrub, multi-stemmed from or near ground level, up to 3 m tall x 4 m wide. It often occurs in pure stands on limestone plains or alluvial floodplains, but may be found in a range habitats, including as an understorey species in eucalypt woodlands. Yellow flowers in these pictures are the male flowers.
Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: Atriplex Species: nummularia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Old Man's Beard

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:38:00 GMT

Dioecious, woody climber, to 5 m high. Leaves mostly biternate with 9 leaflets; leaflets lanceolate-oblong to broad-ovate, 0.8–6 cm long, 0.3–1.2 cm wide, entire or appearing toothed or lobed by incomplete division, usually obtuse, glabrous. Flowers in axillary and terminal dichasial panicles. Tepals linear-lanceolate, 1.3–2.5 cm long, creamy white, pubescent below, almost glabrous above. Stamens 2–5.5 mm long; filaments glabrous, white; anthers ellipsoidal-obloid, 0.4–1 mm long, without appendage; staminodes present. Achenes compressed-ovoid to compressed broadly ellipsoid, 4–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, light brown, glabrous or with short sparse hairs, margin corky; awn 3–5 cm long. Widespread in eastern Australia including S.A., Qld, N.S.W., Vic. and Tas. Found in a wide variety of habitats including open forests, heathy woodlands and mallee scrublands. Flowers July–Oct.
Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Clematis Species: microphylla Main Flower Colour: Cream

Olive Grevillia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:27:00 GMT

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-4.5 m high. Fl. red/red-pink, Jun to Sep. White or grey sand. Coastal dunes, limestone rocks. Flowers can be either red or yellow; often on adjacent bushes. This is a WA Priority 4 species.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: olivacea Main Flower Colour: Red

One sided bottlebrush

watery — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 06:18:00 GMT

Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calothamnus Main Flower Colour: Red

One-sided Bottlebrush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 23:45:00 GMT

This Calothamnus looks to be a very tough woody shrub growing to about 2m high. Thick flattened leaves with conspicuous ribbing, and ending in a sharp point. The bright red flowers are about 4cm long. Growing in sand.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calothamnus Species: blepharospermus Main Flower Colour: Red

Orange Immortelle

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:46:00 GMT

Erect or ascending annual, herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. red-orange-yellow-white-pink, Jul to Dec or Jan. Sand, clay, loam, gravel, litter, laterite, sandstone, granite. Sand dunes & plains, rocky places, saline depressions.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Waitzia Species: acuminata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Orange Wattle

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:11:00 GMT

Dense, often weeping shrub or tree, 1.5-6(-9) m high. Long green phyllodes. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Variety of habitats.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: saligna Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Ouch Bush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:16:00 GMT

One look at this most unusual pea plant will confirm that the common name is very appropriate - ouch indeed! The swollen succulent leaves are about 2.5cm long and as thick as a pencil with a savagely sharp point. Pea shaped red-and-yellow flowers are less than one centimetre across. The shrub grows to about one metre high with an open habit, often tangled up with other shrubs. The seeds of native peas are not for eating though, as they may be toxic.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Daviesia Species: pachyphylla Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Oxalis exilis

John Baas — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:34:00 GMT

Open, erect, small shrub, to 0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Dec. White-grey sand, brown sandy loam or clay, red-brown loam, black-brown clay, gravel, sandstone, limestone, laterite, granite. Outcrops, coastal dunes, hills and slopes, swampy areas around creeks, edges salt lakes.
Family: Oxalidaceae Genus: Oxalis Species: exilis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Painted Featherflower

John Baas — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:05:00 GMT

Erect shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Flowers pink/white, Jul to Nov. Sandy or clayey soils.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: picta Main Flower Colour: Purple

Painted Lady

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:16:00 GMT

This slender little bush with small narrow leaves has some of the most striking flowers of the pea family. Flowers are pink/mauve with reddish tinges, and at about 2cm across they really stand out in the type of heath scrub where the shrub grows to about one metre tall. Favours sandy soil, and is widespread across southern WA
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Gompholobium Species: scabrum Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Painted Marianthus

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:20:00 GMT

Low, erect, spreading shrub or climber, 0.45-3 m high, to 2.0 m wide. Fl. white-cream, Dec or Jan to May. Sand, clay, loam, gravel, sandstone, laterite, granite. Valleys, ridges, hills, flats, sandplains, roadsides.
Family: Pittosporaceae Genus: Marianthus Species: bicolor Main Flower Colour: White

Pale Fanflower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:04:00 GMT

Prostrate to ascending herb to 50 cm high, often woody at base, with curled simple hairs or glabrous. Flowering all year Leaves obovate to elliptic, 0.6–5 cm long, 1–25 mm wide, margins toothed to entire, surface usually visible beneath hairs; sessile. Flowers in leafy spikes to 25 cm long; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles narrow-elliptic, 3–9 mm long, ciliate. Sepals ± free, ± ovate, to 0.7 mm long. Corolla 5–10 mm long, blue or white, with white ± appressed hairs outside, thinly bearded inside with some of the hairs usually papillate at apex; wings to 1 mm wide. Anthers glabrous. Indusium, with short white or purple bristles at base not exceeding those on lips. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 3 mm long, pubescent or glabrous, wrinkled, usually 1-seeded.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: albida Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Paper Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:43:00 GMT

Thomasia is a genus of thirty relatively unknown Australian species belonging to the family Malvaceae. Plants in this family are usually characterised by having a large, coloured and often attractive calyx, the petals of which are tiny and sometimes absent. Thomasia is closely related to another genus of the same family, Lasiopetalum, both exhibiting this calyx/corolla relationship. The family also contains such plants as Brachychiton populneum (kurrajong) and and the genus Hibiscus. Another interesting exotic member from which cocoa and chocolate are derived, is Theobroma cacao (Cocoa Tree). distribution mapThomasia petalocalyx, or Paper Flower, is widely distributed and thus perhaps better known than many Thomasia species. A native of the drier parts of Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, it forms a low-spreading shrub with a soft, furry appearance. It usually attains a height of 80 cm with a spread of about 160 cm. Some specimens could almost be classified as ground covers because of their low, sprawling habit. Thomasia petalocalyx begins flowering in late October and continues on until January. During this period small sprays of pinkish-coloured flowers cover the branches. These attractive cup-shaped blooms, with their striking brown anthers, are 10-15mm across. The colourful papery segments of the flower are in fact sepals and are strongly veined. Sepals and petals are both five in number, but the latter are minute and barely noticeable. The sepals are joined close to the base, thus forming a five-lobed calyx. The slender peduncles which support a few drooping flowers are a reddish colour. The fruit is a three-celled capsule with each cell containing several blackish seeds. Fruits mature quickly, splitting open when ripe and releasing the small seeds. Empty capsules persist on the plant for some time and these should not be mistaken for seeds when seed collecting. The leaves are crinkly, oblong-shaped and 2-4 cm long. Leaves, branches and leaf-like stipules are all covered with small, straight, brownish-coloured hairs. This species is suited to most reasonably well-drained soils and requires little attention once plants are established. In the Australian National Botanic Gardens specimens have survived for ten years and more in a sometimes dry soil. Plants grow equally well in full sun or in a semi-shaded area. The latter situation seems to lengthen their flowering period. The species may be propagated from cuttings or seed but germination percentage is usually low. Only minimum pruning is necessary to maintain the plant in a bushy condition and it is ideal for cut flowers. No diseases or any real damage by insects have been recorded on this species in the Canberra Gardens.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Thomasia Species: petalocalyx Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Parakeelya

Member - John and Val — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 01:08:00 GMT

Small annual herb with elongated succulent leaves. Flowers 2cm across, 10cm high. Growing in shell based grit.
Family: Portulacaceae Genus: Calandrinia Species: liniflora Main Flower Colour: Pink

Parakeelya

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:24:00 GMT

Succulent, decumbent annual, herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. pink-red, Jul to Oct. Sand, loam. Floodplains, stony plains.
Family: Portulacaceae Genus: Calandrinia Species: polyandra Main Flower Colour: Pink

Parakeelya

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:13:00 GMT

A prostrate annual forbs, with erect flower stems. Leaves are basal, succulent ans are linear or wide in either the upper or lower part, with tapered ends, with 5 dark pink or purple petals on the flowers.
Family: Portulacaceae Genus: Calandrinia Species: polyandra Main Flower Colour: Purple

Pea - Thinicola incana

Member - John and Val — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:21:00 GMT

Tall open shrub. Orange/red pea flowers and greyish furry leaves. Growing in deep red sand.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Thinicola Species: incana Main Flower Colour: Orange

Pear Fruited Mallee

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:22:00 GMT

A medium sized mallee to 4m. Large rounded buds, 2-2.5cm across. Large showy flowers variable in colour ranging from cream through pink to red. Fruit (gumnut) large and flattened.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: pyriformis Main Flower Colour: Red

Pearly Sundew, Pygmy Drosera

Member - John and Val — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:05:00 GMT

A tiny Drosera growing to only about 2 cm high, though flower stalk may increase the height. Leaves are bright red and round. Plants seen were growing in deep white sand.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: pycnoblasta Main Flower Colour: White

Pendant spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:26:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Pendant spider orchid, Caladenia pendans from the Dunsborough area. This population of the pendant spider orchid is only in an area of 50 or so square meters and usually occurs futher north around Perenjori.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: pendans Main Flower Colour: Other

Perenjori Spider Orchid hybrid

Barry H12 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:51:00 GMT

Geographiclly restricted. Grows to 150-350mm in height 3 Creamy white flowers Red Tipped calli This one is a hybrid between Caladenia roei and remota
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: roei x remota Main Flower Colour: White

Petrophile sp.

Cienne — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 02:58:00 GMT

Open shrub with cream flower spikes. Leaves tough with sharp points.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Petrophile Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Cream

Petrophile striata

John Baas — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:57:00 GMT

Erect rigid or sprawling shrub, 0.2-1(-2) m high. Fl. yellow-cream-white, Aug to Dec. Gravelly sandy soils, laterite, granitic soils, clay. Coastal plains, sandplains.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Petrophile Species: striata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Phebalium

Member - John and Val — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:28:00 GMT

A thick bushy shrub that grows around granite outcrops and damp places in the Granite Belt of SE Queensland.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Phebalium Species: rotundifolium Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Pimelea aeruginosa

John Baas — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:02:00 GMT

Erect, spindly shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow, mainly May to Oct. Yellow sand or sandy clay, often with gravel or overlying laterite. Plains.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: aeruginosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Pincushion Hakea

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 04:15:00 GMT

The flowers of this shrub or small tree open as a pale cream and later turn red. It can grow in gravel, clay and also sandy soils. The branches are slim and of a reddish brown colour.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: laurina Main Flower Colour: Red

Pindan Wattle

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:56:00 GMT

Slender, small tree about 5m tall. Large sickle shaped phyllodes 16cm long and 5cm wide with numerous longitudinal nerves. Phyllodes taper to a long curved tip. Flowers are bright yellow, arranged in a long spike up to 7cm long.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: tumida Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Pine Banksia

John Baas — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 02:38:00 GMT

Stunted tree or shrub, 1.2-4 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. yellow-orange, Mar to Jul. Lateritic rocky soils. Sides & hilltopes, breakaway edges. Pine banksia is a WA Conservation Code Priority 4 species.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: tricuspis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Pink Candy Orchid

Barry H12 — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:07:00 GMT

Grows in colonies Grows to 100 - 250mm Up to 4 deep pink petals
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: hirta Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Clusters Everlasting

Keith G — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 01:19:00 GMT

Erect annual, herb, 0.07-0.4(-0.7) m high. Fl. pink & yellow Sandy, loam & clay, often stony soils.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Schoenia Species: cassiniana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Clusters Everlasting, Schoenia

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:47:00 GMT

Erect annual herb to about 50cm high. Long straplike leaves. Flowerheads have bright pink papery bracts and are 2 - 3cm across. Endemic to WA, make up a large part of the spectacular wildflower display that occurs in spring.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Schoenia Species: cassiniana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Daisy - Streptoglossa sp.

Member - John and Val — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:20:00 GMT

Small prostrate plant. Leaves broad, oval with rough hairs. Flower heads 2cm across. Growing in red loam beside watercourse.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Streptoglossa Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Enamel Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:45:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Pink enamel orchid Elythranthera emarginata is much bigger than the purple Enamel Orchid and there is also a named hybrid. The second photo was taken in late November so may even be a hybrid. Found all over the south west.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Elythranthera Species: emarginata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Enamel Orchid

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:15:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Elythranthera Species: emarginata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Everlasting

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:47:00 GMT

Erect annual, herb, 0.07-0.4(-0.7) m high. Flowers pink and yellow, Jun to Nov. Sandy, loam & clay, often stony soils.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Schoenia Species: cassiniana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Everlasting

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:48:00 GMT

Erect annual, herb, 0.07-0.4(-0.7) m high. Fl. pink & yellow, Jun to Nov. Sandy, loam & clay, often stony soils.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Schoenia Species: cassiniana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Fairy Orchid

Barry H12 — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:20:00 GMT

Grows to 100mm - 250mm in height Striking pink flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: latifolia Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Fan Orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:35:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The little Pink Fan Orchid, Caladenia nana. The white one is undescribed. Common in spring in burnt bushland the year after a burn. Found all over the southwest of WA.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: nana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Fan Orchid

graeme w9 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:06:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: nana ssp nana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Finger

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:50:00 GMT

Leaf narrow-linear, to 15 cm long and 4 mm wide, and sparsely hairy. Inflorescence to 24 cm high, 1–3-flowered. Flowers often sweet to musky scented. Sepals and lateral petals usually 0.8–1.5 cm long, outer surfaces with many glandular hairs, greenish pink, sometimes striped; the inner surfaces whitish pink or greenish white; dorsal sepal erect or (rarely) hooding the column. Labellum ± obovate, to 10 mm long, to 10 mm wide, 3-lobed, white to pink, with distinct, transverse, red bars towards the base and a yellowish tip; lateral lobes entire; midlobe broad-triangular, margins usually with short teeth or rarely entire. Central calli in 2 rows with smooth stalks, clubbed heads, yellow, and distributed up to the base of the midlobe. Column 6–8 mm long, incurved, interior with red
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: carnea Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Fingers.

Member - John and Val — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:01:00 GMT

Small terrestrial orchid growing to about 10cm high. Long narrow leaves. Flowers up to 1.5cm across. Labellum with transverse markings. growing in sclerophyll forest on sandstone.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: carnea Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Indigofera

Member - John and Val — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Prostrate vine. Compound leaves with 3-7 leaflets, covered in short hairs. Dense flowerheads arising in leaf axils.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Indigofera Species: boviperda subsp. boviperda Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pink Velleia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:01:00 GMT

Annual, herb, 0.02-0.5 m high. Fl. pink/pink-blue, Apr or Jul to Oct. Sandy or loamy soils.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Velleia Species: rosea Main Flower Colour: Purple

Pink Velvet Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:56:00 GMT

Pink Velvet Bush is a shrub that is up to 1.5 m high. The narrow oblong leaves are 4-9 cm long and 0.5-3 cm wide, and are hairless above and covered with rusty hairs below. Flowers with calyx lobes 5-8 mm long that are covered with white, star-shaped hairs on the outer surface, and petals 1-1.5 mm long and red-brown.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Lasiopetalum Species: behrii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Pituri

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:55:00 GMT

Shrub or small tree to 3 or 4 metres tall. Long tapering leaves. White 5-petalled flowers with purple and yellow markings in the centre.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Duboisia Species: hopwoodii Main Flower Colour: White

Pituri Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:39:00 GMT

Rounded shrub to 4 m tall and 3 m wide. Leaves narrowly elliptic or ovate-elliptic to linear, sessile (or rarely with petiole to 3 mm long), 2–12 cm long, 1–13 mm wide, concolorous. Inflorescence narrow; bracts 0.5–4 mm long; pedicels 1.5–5 mm long. Calyx 1.5–4.5 mm long, the lobes usually about one-third as long as tube. Corolla 7–15 mm long; tube 4.5–8 mm diam. at apex; lobes 2.5–5.5 mm long. Stamens 4, 3–8 mm long. Style 3.5–6.5 mm long, equal to or shorter than upper stamens. Berry usually globose or subglobose, rarely ellipsoid, 2–5 mm diam., purple-black; fruiting pedicels 3–5 mm long. Seeds 2–2.5 mm long.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Duboisia Species: hopwoodii Main Flower Colour: White

Plain Sun Orchid

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 14 May 2015 11:39:00 GMT

Terrestrial herb. Leaf linear to lanceolate, 10–30 cm long, 6–20 mm wide, ribbed, erect to lax, dark green to glaucous. Inflorescence to 60 cm high, 2–20-flowered. Flowers sweetly fragrant. Perianth segments to 20 mm long and 6 mm wide, blue but also white to pink, or mauve to deep violet. Column to 6 mm long, white to blue. Midlobe hood rounded, cleft (sometimes pincer-like or jaw-like), smooth to minutely wrinkled or bumpy, dark brown or yellowish orange. Lateral arms projected forward, brushy or ciliate, white to mauve.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: nuda Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Plumed Featherflower

John Baas — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:16:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. pink-blue-purple-red-white, Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sandy or clayey soils, gravel, granite. Seasonally wet situations, rock outcrops, undulating plains, hills, road verges.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: plumosa Main Flower Colour: Pink

Poached Egg Daisy

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:48:00 GMT

After rain desert areas burst into life, with these everlasting daisies leading the charge. Previously named Myriocephalus stuartii. Grows on sand. Annual to about 50cm, rapidly covering large areas after rain. Greyish leaves and stems, slightly hairy, sometimes sticky. Leaves elongated. Flower heads up to 5cm diameter held on upright stems, yellow centre comprised of small individual flowers surrounded by numerous white papery bracts.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Polycalymma Species: stuartii Main Flower Colour: White

Poached Egg Daisy,

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:49:00 GMT

The Poached egg daisy is one of the most abundant and conspicuous plants on sand plains and dunefields during good seasons. It is a stout, erect herb of 10-50 cm in height. It flowers in spring and in years of good autumn rainfall preceding a dry summer, the plant is sometimes so abundant that patches appear as a sea of yellow and white.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Polycalymma Species: stuartii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Poison Morning Glory

Member - Greenleader 13 — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:57:00 GMT

Spreading creeper, dark green heart shaped leaves, purple/mauve/pink flowers that are funnel shaped and 7 or 8cm across.
Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Ipomoea Species: muelleri Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Polygala orbicularis

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:23:00 GMT

Annual, herb, 0.04-0.2 m high. Fl. blue-white, Apr to May. Clayey sand. Pool edges, swamps, sandstone outcrops.
Family: Polygalaceae Genus: Polygala Species: orbicularis Main Flower Colour: Purple

Pop flower - Glischrocaryon flavescens

Cienne — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:36:00 GMT

Low growing plant with narrow leaves and clusters of cream flowers. About 50cm high. Growing in sandy/gravelly soil in Kalbarri National Park, W.A.
Family: Haloragaceae Genus: Glischrocaryon Species: flavescens Main Flower Colour: Cream

Poverty Bush

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:21:00 GMT

Erect, open shrub, (0.5-)1-4(-5) m high. Fl. white/cream-yellow/red-pink-purple, Jun to Dec or Jan to Mar. Frequently on red or stony soils. Variety of habitats.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: alternifolia Main Flower Colour: Pink

Prain's Wattle

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:11:00 GMT

Erect, bushy shrub or tree, 1-3m high, although sometimes reaching 5m. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Red sand, loam, stony soils.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: prainii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Prickly Dryandra

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:29:00 GMT

A yellow pom-pom type flower protected by long narrow prickly leaves.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: horrida Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Prickly Guinea Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:00:00 GMT

Low prickly shrub between 30 - 50cm high. It has narrow leaves tapering from a sharp point. Flowers are yellow and 5 petalled.
Family: Dilleniaceae Genus: Hibbertia Species: exutiacies Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Prickly Heath

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:07:00 GMT

Straggling stalks covered with long flat leaves that end in a sharp point. Small creamy white flowers in leaf axils. Damp areas near watercourse.
Family: Ericaceae Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: White

Prickly Moses

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:12:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Dec. Sandy soils, clay loam over laterite. Low-lying areas, swamps, near watercourses.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: pulchella Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Prickly Moses

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:58:00 GMT

Small, open prickly shrub of drier woodland areas.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: ulicifolia Main Flower Colour: White

Prickly Starwort, Prickly Knawel

Member - John and Val — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 06:44:00 GMT

This little perennial herb can be either prostrate or ascending and may form loose mats. It has angular stems that are variously hairy or glabrous. Leaves are usually recurved, narrow-lanceolate, 5–10 mm long, and about 2 mm wide at base. The apex of the sessile leaf is quite sharp/pungent while the margins are ciliate. White flowers are terminal or in the upper axils; pedicels 5–30 mm long. Sepals 5–9 mm long. Petals are deeply bifid(divided into 2 lobes), and about as long as the sepals. There are 10 stamens. Common in shaded gullies and damp places.
Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Stellaria Species: pungens Main Flower Colour: White

Prince of Wales Feather

John Baas — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:06:00 GMT

Erect or ascending annual or perennial, herb, 0.15-1.5 m high. Fl. green-white-yellow-brown, Apr to Nov or Jan. Red soils, sand, sandstone. Stony hills, plateaus.
Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Species: polystachyus Main Flower Colour: Other

Purple Beard Orchid

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:06:00 GMT

Leaf linear to lanceolate, to 30 cm long and 13 mm wide, dark green. Inflorescence to 46 cm high, 1–5-flowered. Sepals and lateral petals reddish brown with darker stripes. Labellum c. 15 mm long, c. 8 mm wide, broad; lamina with glossy whitish mauve, purple-maroon or bronzy beard, the calli shorter and warty towards base; elongated apex crisped and bearing calli on at least half its surface. Column collars each with purple gland at base; rim interconnecting collars prominent, purplish.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Calochilus Species: robertsonii Main Flower Colour: Purple

Purple Enamel Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:05:00 GMT

Glossy petals look almost artificial. Photographs reveal muted spots on the petals. Found either singly or in spreading colonies in coastal heath and winter-wet sites.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Elythranthera Species: brunonis Main Flower Colour: Purple

Purple Pansy Orchid

Barry H12 — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:32:00 GMT

Grows to 35cm in height. Can have up to eight flowers on one stem. Flowers are often Mauve, Fawn and Purple in colour
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: longifolia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Purple Pansy Orchid

graeme w9 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:07:00 GMT

One of our donkey orchids
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: longifolia Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Purple Pansy Orchid

Cienne — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:06:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: longifolia Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Purslane, Pigweed

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:25:00 GMT

Found worldwide, purslane is native in parts of Australia but a weed elsewhere. Succulent, prostrate (flat or trailing) to decumbent(flat with ends of stems turned up) annual, herb, to 20 cm high. It has a distinctive thick, reddish stems and succulent, green leaves. Leaves are fleshy and spoon-like in shape
Family: Portulacaceae Genus: Portulaca Species: oleracea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Qualap Bell

Member - John and Val — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:01:00 GMT

Upright stems without much branching, reaching 1m tall. Sessile leaves arranged in alternating opposite pairs. Small flowers enclosed in large pink and cream bracts held at the end of stems, the whole inflorescence drooping downwards. Grows in sand and regenerates and flowers after fire.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: physodes Main Flower Colour: Pink

Qualup Bell

Barry H12 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:02:00 GMT

Grows 50 -70cm First green then turns to deep red with age Encloses a cluster of small greenish-yellow flowers
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: physodes Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Queen of Sheba

Sat, 29 Aug 2015 07:36:00 GMT

Striking and unusual flower colour on this much sought after orchid. Very attractive with a distinctive spiral leaf.Found near Albany on the WA south coast and as far north as Wongan Hills and east to Newdegate
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: variegata Main Flower Colour: Purple

Queen of Sheba Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:53:00 GMT

Ground orchid with a single small leaf. Flowers about 4cm across.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: variegata Main Flower Colour: Purple

Quoya dilatata

Member - John and Val — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 03:46:00 GMT

Small shrub with crinkly grey-green leaves. Flowers bright orange. Single plant located at Jingemmia Caves.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Quoya Species: dilatata Main Flower Colour: Orange

Rattle Beaks

Barry H12 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 06:11:00 GMT

Grows in colonies Single long narrow leathery leaf Prominent hood like dorsal sepal
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Lyperanthus Species: Serratus Main Flower Colour: Red

Reaching Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:42:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Reaching Spider Orchid, Caladenia arrecta quite unique in the SW area of WA as it exists in a tiny area of maybe 10 plants, but last year we found another group of plants about a klm away.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: arrecta Main Flower Colour: Other

Red beaks

Barry H12 — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:08:00 GMT

Common Beak Orchid Grows 50 - 300mm Dark green red blotched basal leaf Red and White flowers A common orchid in the south west but only flowers after fire.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Pyrorchis Species: nigricans Main Flower Colour: Red

Red Bugle

Member - John and Val — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:25:00 GMT

A tufted herb with wiry strap-like leaves about 30cm long. Spreads by rhizomes. Flowers are slightly hairy, tubular, 2-3cm long, arranged on spikes that are shorter than the leaves.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Blancoa Species: canescens Main Flower Colour: Red

Red Flowered Kurrajong

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:18:00 GMT

The Red-flowered Kurrajong, Brachychiton paradoxus, isn't as spectacular as it close relatives like the Queensland Bottle Tree or the Illawarra Flame Tree. It's usually only a small spindly bush becoming almost invisible when all the leaves drop at the start of the dry season but soon shows up again when it bursts into flower.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Brachychiton Species: Brachychiton paradoxus Main Flower Colour: Red

Red Kangaroo Paw

Cienne — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:28:00 GMT

Largish flower stems in a light red. Inside of flower a creamy colour. Growing roadside in gravelly soil.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Anigozanthos Species: rufus Main Flower Colour: Red

Red Kangaroo Paws

Member - John and Val — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:28:00 GMT

Velvety crimson flower heads are a striking sight in the bush or along roadsides. Tufted plant up to 1m tall when flowering. Leaves are strap-like and erect, to about 40cm. Flower heads extend beyond the leaves and are covered with short dark red hairs. Flowers when open are green. Grows in deep sand.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Anigozanthos Species: rufus Main Flower Colour: Red

Red Lechenaultia

Member - John and Val — Mon, 26 May 2014 09:47:00 GMT

Eye popping brilliant red or orange-red flowers almost dwarf this low shrub. It only grows to 20cm tall, and often is much smaller. May be prostrate or upright. Leaves about 5mm long. Flowers 2cm across. Favours gravelly lateritic soils.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Lechenaultia Species: formosa Main Flower Colour: Red

Red Mallee

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:22:00 GMT

Mallee, to 5 m high, bark rough on trunk, smooth above. Fl. yellow/cream, Jul. Red-grey loam, limestone. Calcareous flats, stony screes.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: socialis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Red Mulga, Creekline Miniritchi

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:59:00 GMT

Outback travellers will notice these small trees by the red bark glowing in the sun. Growing along creek and drainage lines is this tall shrub or small tree (up to 7 or 8m tall) of arid areas. Its most distinctive feature is bright red curling bark, called miniritchi. Phyllodes are elongated and almost cylindrical in cross section. Yellow flowers are arranged in cylindrical flower spikes about 2cm long, usually in pairs along branches.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: cyperophylla Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Red Parrot Pea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:17:00 GMT

Erect shrub to 0.5 m high; stems pubescent. Leaves linear, usually 3–10 mm long, apex obtuse to acute and often recurved, smooth or rarely minutely tuberculate, with stiff spreading hairs or rarely almost glabrous. Inflorescences racemose to umbellate, 1–5-flowered; peduncle 0.2–1.5 cm long; bracts 1–3 mm long; bracteoles 1–3 mm long, usually slightly hairy. Calyx 5–8 mm long, usually with spreading hairs or occasionally glabrous with a few fine hairs on lobes. Standard 7–12 mm long. Mature pod not known.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Dillwynia Species: hispida Main Flower Colour: Orange

Red Parrot Pea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:17:00 GMT

Red Stem Wattle

Member - John and Val — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:37:00 GMT

A medium sized shrub with dull green phyllodes that produce sufficient nectar from the nectary glands to be attractive to birds and insects. Stems are a distinctive red colour hence the common name of red-stem wattle. There are usually a few true (pinnate) leaves to be found on mature shrubs.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: rubida Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Red Toothbrushes

Member - John and Val — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 01:57:00 GMT

This aptly named Grevillea is a large bushy shrub commonly between 3-4 metres in height. The slender upright foliage is a silvery green to 15 cm in length and may be undivided or dissected. The pink and cream flowers are slightly hairy. When the bright orange-red styles are fully extended the flowerhead bears a strong likeness to a toothbrush. The flowerheads are relatively small and extend from the tips of the upright branches and so are angled upwards and inwards. This results in the styles facing towards the centre of the shrub and not upwards or outwards as most other species.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: cagiana Main Flower Colour: Red

Resurrection Plant

Member - John and Val — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 06:10:00 GMT

Just what this plant looks like will depend on weather conditions and time of year. In dry conditions it will appear to be brown and almost dead - after rain it "resurrects" itself as the leaves turn a deep green. Colour aside, this small perennial herb has an erect or reclining habit, with tufted rigid linear leaves. The whole plant only grows to about 20cm high. The small white flowers are in a 1cm flowerhead atop a short stalk. Resurrection plant is commonly found growing in sandy or gravelly places and on granite outcrops.
Family: Boryaceae Genus: Borya Species: constricta Main Flower Colour: White

Rhodanthe citrina

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:49:00 GMT

Erect annual, herb, 0.05-0.3(-0.5) m high.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Rhodanthe Species: citrina Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Riceflower

Member - John and Val — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:23:00 GMT

Small woody shrub with multiple slender stems arising at ground level, giving a rounded appearance. Grows to about 1m tall. Small oval leaves 1cm long densely packed in 4 rows along stems. Bright pink flowers each with 4 petals clustered in terminal heads. Common in sandy or rocky areas behind beaches.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: ferruginea Main Flower Colour: Pink

Riceflower

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:34:00 GMT

Small soft shrub to about 70cm. Smooth oval leaves in opposite pairs along stems. Small four petaled yellow flowers in heads at the end of branches. Each flower head surrounded by bracts that are almost as long as the flowers.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: suaveolens Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Riceflower

Member - John and Val — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:03:00 GMT

Small soft shrub with flower heads at the end of the branches. Small flowers with 4 petals. Leaves small, soft and arranged in opposing pairs along the stem.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Main Flower Colour: White

Rigid Wattle

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:12:00 GMT

Bushy, erect to sprawling, pungent shrub, (0.3-)0.5-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. White, yellow or red sand. Coastal or near coastal sandplains & sand dunes.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: cochlearis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

River Cooba

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:13:00 GMT

Erect or spreading tree 4–13 m high, often suckers; bark fissured, dark grey-brown; branchlets angled or flattened towards apices, glabrous or sometimes finely hairy, often ± pruinose. Phyllodes pendulous, ± linear, straight or curved, 14–40 cm long, usually 2–8 mm wide, ± glabrous, numerous longitudinal veins prominent, apex subacute; 1 small gland at base; pulvinus 1.5–3 mm long. Inflorescences 2–6 in an axillary raceme with axis 1–25 mm long or rarely 1 in phyllode axils; peduncles 4–15 mm long, hairy; heads globose, 20–40-flowered, 8–12 mm diam., cream-coloured to yellow. Pods ± straight, ± moniliform, breaking readily at constrictions, 10–20 cm long, 8–14 mm wide, woody, obscurely wrinkled, glabrous, ± pruinose; seeds longitudinal; funicle filiform or expanded towards seed.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: stenophylla Main Flower Colour: Yellow

River Red Gum

Member - John and Val — Fri, 23 May 2014 06:57:00 GMT

Medium to tall tree with a thick trunk and major branches. Grey flaking bark on trunk and lower branches. Young trees and minor branches have smooth mottled bark. The most widely distributed eucalypt, found in all mainland states, mostly along rivers and on floodplains where it forms open forests and woodlands.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: camaldulensis Main Flower Colour: White

Rock Isotome

John Baas — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:52:00 GMT

Tucked in among rocks, where there is shelter and moisture. Erect, spreading annual or perennial, herb with toothed soft leaves, (0.1-)0.2-0.6(-1) m high. Fl. blue/blue-purple, Feb to Nov. Shallow soils over granite. Amongst rocks, breakaways, in rock crevices, rocky outcrops.
Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Lithotoma formerly Isotoma Species: petraea Main Flower Colour: Pink

Rosella

Member - Chris P5 — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:26:00 GMT

Annual shrub, 1.5 m high
Family: Hibiscus sabdariffa Genus: Hibiscus Species: Malvaceae Main Flower Colour: Red

Rough Halgania

John Baas — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:37:00 GMT

Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Halgania Species: cyanea Main Flower Colour: Blue

Rough Spider-flower - Kangaroo Island Endemic

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:30:00 GMT

Low spreading shrub 0.3–1.0 m tall. Leaves entire, narrowly oblong to sublinear-subterete, usually plump, 0.2–1.7 cm long, 1.0–2.1 mm wide; margins revolute; upper surface muricate; lower surface completely enclosed including midvein, 1-grooved, sublanate. Conflorescence terminal, simple, erect, subumbelloid, 1–6-flowered, opening uncertain; floral rachis 0.5–0.7 mm long, tomentose. Flowers mostly adaxially oriented. Flower colour: perianth and style bright orange-red; style-end yellow-green. Perianth pubescent to loosely tomentose outside, glabrous inside near base and bearded about middle, subsericeous above; tepals remaining coherent. Pistil 24–25 mm long; ovary stipitate, villous; style loosely tomentose to villous, with hairs over most of its length; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle narrowly ellipsoidal or narrowly ovoid, 12.5–14.5 mm long, pubescent to subvillous. Occurs in S.A., where endemic to the central eastern part of Kangaroo Is. Grows in open woodland and dense shrub associations in sandy to loamy soil over ironstone. Flowers Aug.–Nov. This species is recognised as 'Rare' in J.D.Briggs & J.H.Leigh, Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (1995).
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: muricata Main Flower Colour: Red

Rough-leaved Ghost Gum

Member - John and Val — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:58:00 GMT

Smooth white bark and rough almost sandpaper-textured leaves are distinctive features of this beautiful tree of desert areas. The mature crown of these trees is made up of juvenile-type leaves that are opposite, sessile and quite scabrid or rough in texture. Buds, flowers or fruits were not seen.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: aspera Main Flower Colour: White

Round-fruit Banksia

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:35:00 GMT

Low shrub to 1.5m. Leaves narrow, edges rolled under, about 3cm long. Flower spikes change colour as flowers mature - from pale green/yellow, to mauve and purple to brown. Friut a round ball about 7cm on diameter.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: sphaerocarpa Main Flower Colour: Other

Rounded Noon-flower

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:15:00 GMT

A common sight in sandy hollows, on limestone, saltlakes and clay flood plains, as well as in coastal areas. Disphyma has rounded leaves that root at the nodes, and the flowers are held above the fleshy foliage on relatively long stems. Under hot, dry conditions the leaves turn from green to red.
Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Disphyma Species: crassifolium subsp. clavellatum Main Flower Colour: Pink

Royal Hakea

Barry H12 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:46:00 GMT

Leaves that glow in the sunlight crown this royal gem. Grows to 2-3 metres in height. The large stiff leaves enclose a cluster of cream or pinkish flowers. The leaves darken with age.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: victoriae Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Royal Hakea

David W8 — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:55:00 GMT

Tall shrub, 6ft high, large stiff multicoloured leaves.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: victoriae Main Flower Colour: Cream

Ruby Saltbush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:08:00 GMT

Hemispherical shrubby perennial to c. 1 m high. Branches glabrous to hairy. Leaves semiterete, succulent, to c. 15 mm long, glabrous to shortly hairy. Fruit 5–8 mm diam., green, yellow, red or puce and drying black, with a short beak. Fruit falling when succulent, apparently spread by animals.
Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: Enchylaena Species: tomentosa Main Flower Colour: White

Running Postman

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:58:00 GMT

Prostrate or twining herb; stems ± whitish pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ± circular, rarely broad-obovate, mostly 0.6–2.4 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide, margins undulate, upper surface ± glabrous, lower surface pubescent; stipules cordate. Flowers mostly 1 or 2; peduncles 1–3 cm long; bracts stipule-like, 2–4 mm long. Calyx 6–8 mm long. Corolla 15–20 mm long, scarlet; standard obovate with a yellow callus at base. A widespread species in southern Australia from south Western Australia to north-east New South Wales. It occurs in a variety of habitats including open forest, woodland, grasslands and heath.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Kennedia Species: prostrata Main Flower Colour: Red

Running Postman, Scarlet Runner

Member - John and Val — Sat, 24 May 2014 00:04:00 GMT

A scrambling ground cover with bright red flowers in spring, a vine that does not climb.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Kennedia Species: prostrata Main Flower Colour: Red

Rusty Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:51:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Rusty Spider Orchid, Caladenia ferruginea found in the whole of the south west area
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: ferruginea Main Flower Colour: Red

Sand Bottlebrush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:23:00 GMT

Not your ordinary bottlebrush. Beaufortia squarrosa is a medium open shrub. Leaves are arranged with geometrical precision - small and rounded, crowded along the stem in alternating opposite pairs. Flower heads are terminal rounded bottlebrushes, red and yellow being the main colours. Growing in low heath on sand.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Beaufortia Species: squarrosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Sand Hibiscus

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:47:00 GMT

Shrub, (0.1-)0.5-3 m high. Fl. blue-purple/violet, Mar or May or Jul to Dec. Red sandy soils, granite. Sand dunes, sandplains.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Alyogyne Species: pinoniana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Sand Hibiscus

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:47:00 GMT

Shrub to 3m high with stellate hairs. Solitary flower on a stalk, lilac, darker and purplish towards the base, with deep red stamens. The flower rarely opens wide.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Alyogyne Species: pinoniana Main Flower Colour: Purple

Sand Sunray, Teitkens Daisy

Alan McCall — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:23:00 GMT

Annual forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, the upper leaves stem clasping. Flowersheads yellow, with no ligulate florets. Flower heads cylindrical to narrow bell-shaped, in dense clusters of 6-12 flowers at the ends of the stems. Widely distributed across inland Australia.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Rhodanthe Species: tietkensii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Sandhill Canegrass

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:22:00 GMT

Robust, dioecious, rhizomatous perennials forming tussocks or hummocks 1.5 m tall, 1 m wide. Culms hard, brittle, up to 8 mm or more in diam., somewhat punctilate, otherwise smooth. Ligule a row of hairs to 1 mm long; blade sparse, stiff, flat, with prominent nerves, disarticulating early at the narrow blade-sheath junction and tapered to a thickened tip. Inflorescence of 2 types: male heads globular, 1–2 cm diam.; female heads also globular, 2.5–3.5 cm diam., the prominent chaffy bracteoles with rigid tips. Spikelets dimorphous, unisexual, slightly dorsally compressed. Male spikelets shortly pedicellate, 6–8 mm long, few in a spike-like panicle, with 2 male florets; glumes subequal, rigid, 5–7-nerved; lemmas stiff with translucent margins, 5-nerved; palea rigid, keeled, the keels winged below. Female spikelets 6–10 mm long, solitary, shortly pedicellate, subtended by 3 membranous multinerved bracteoles with curved awn-like tips, florets 2, the lower sterile, the upper bisexual; glumes subequal to the spikelet, stiff, 7–9-nerved; lemmas 2, the lower rigid, hardened, 5-nerved, the upper stiff, involute with firm margins, 5-nerved; paleas 2, the lower strongly keeled, the upper hardened, 2-nerved.
Family: Poaceae Genus: Zygochloa Species: paradoxa Main Flower Colour: Other

Sandplain Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:00:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Caladenia speciosa is the Sandplain Spider orchid. It is found in a thin strip between Busselton and Perth. It is different from the other longacauda in that it has pink labellum fringes and the fringes are longer.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: speciosa Main Flower Colour: White

Satin Everlasting

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:49:00 GMT

Perennial herb 15–50 cm high with a woody rootstock, branched or unbranched, erect to ascending, ± woolly and with scattered inconspicuous glandular hairs. Leaves narrow-oblanceolate or linear, mostly 2–5 cm long, 1–5 mm wide, lamina discolorous, upper surface glabrescent or sparsely woolly, lower surface densely woolly, both surface with scattered minute glandular hairs. Heads terminal, usually solitary or sometimes 2 or 3 in an open leafy corymb, heads hemispherical, 1.5–2.2 cm long, 2.5–3.5 cm diam.; involucral bracts spreading or reflexed at maturity, intermediate ones longest; outermost bracts papery, white; intermediate bracts 10–14 mm long, mostly papery, white (sometimes tinged pink in bud), claws woolly. Florets numerous, all bisexual. Achenes oblong, 4-angled with 4 ribs, glabrous; pappus of many white, barbellate bristles, scarcely fused at base.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Helichrysum Species: leucopsideum Main Flower Colour: White

Satiny Bluebush or Golden Bluebush

Maureen C — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:07:00 GMT

Compact rounded shrub to 50cm high, leaves 8-20x1-2mm, fleshy. It is the golden or reddish tinted fruiting body that attracts attention the wing of which is 15-20mm across, horizontal or wavy with a single radial slit.
Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: Maireana Species: georgei Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Scaevola spinescens - Spiny Fanflower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:05:00 GMT

Rigid divaricate shrub to 2 m high, with short branchlets often spinose, glabrous or with branched scurfy hairs, greyish when young. Leaves often clustered on branchlets, obovate to linear, 0.9–3.6 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, margins entire, thick; sessile. Flowers solitary in leaf axils; stalks slender, 5–20 mm long; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles immediately below ovary. Sepals fused into a rim 1 mm long. Corolla 9–16 mm long, densely bearded inside with all simple hairs, white or cream occasionally with purple veins; wings to 1 mm wide, laciniate. Anthers glabrous. Indusium with scattered hairs above.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: spinescens Main Flower Colour: White

Scaevola, Fan Flower

coley62 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 01:33:00 GMT

A perennial, herb,growing to about 50cm high. Stiff erect form with leaves much reduced in size.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: basedowii Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Scaly Phebalium

Member - John and Val — Fri, 02 May 2014 07:16:00 GMT

Shrub to 2m tall, sometimes compact. Small brownish scales cover stems and underside of leaves. Leaves narrow, up to 5cm long. Flowers with 5 petals and 10 long erect stamens, occur in terminal clusters.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Phebalium Species: squamulosum Main Flower Colour: Cream

Scarlet bloodroot

John Baas — Sun, 25 May 2014 09:25:00 GMT

A perennial herb to one meter high. Although it is not a grass, it has a grass-like appearance, with strap-like, narrow, leathery leaves arising from the base of the plant. Flowering usually occurs between November and March, during the Top End wet season, however flowers have been observed as early as October and as late as May. The flowers are deep-red or orange red and occur in dense clusters on long stiff stalks, which also arise from the base of the plant. Fruit develop between November and March, and can linger until May. The fruit are red to black, fleshy capsules with three lobes. The mature fruit release a red-purple juice when crushed.
Family: Haemodoraceae Genus: Haemodorum Species: coccineum Main Flower Colour: Red

Scarlet Bottle-brush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:24:00 GMT

Scarlet Bottlebrush grows up to 4 metres in height and has stiff, sharply pointed leaves which are 3 to 5 cm long and 4 to 7 mm wide. The flower spikes are 5 to 8 cm in length and about 4 to 5 cm in diameter occur between November and February (mid spring to late summer) in their native range. The stamens are rosy-red with yellow anthers imparting a golden-speckled appearance.... source: Wikipedia
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Callistemon Species: rugulosus Main Flower Colour: Red

Scarlet Featherflower

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:24:00 GMT

Endemic to SW of WA. Sparsely branched shub to 2m. Small, sessile rounde leaves closely spaced along stems. The bright red flowers occur in the leaf axils toward the end of the stems.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: grandis Main Flower Colour: Red

Scott River Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:38:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: thinicola Main Flower Colour: Other

Scrub Breadfruit

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:16:00 GMT

Pandanus montivola is a common plant in Rainforests near the beach in Far North Queensland, with leaves that are very long and spiny. As the spines are pointing forwards along the leaf, they are not so inclined to catch at you as they would if they would be curved back.
Family: Pandanaceae Genus: Pandanus Species: monticola Main Flower Colour: Red

Scurfy Pomaderris

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:27:00 GMT

Shrub to 50 cm high, stems rusty stellate-tomentose. Leaves ovate to broad-elliptic, usually 1–2 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, margins ± crenate, often with a whitish border; upper surface ± glabrous; lower surface tomentose with ± rusty stellate hairs. Flowers yellow, pedicellate in loose panicles. Sepals persistent in fruit. Petals absent. Capsule and hypanthium with only short stellate hairs.
Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Pomaderris Species: paniculosa Main Flower Colour: Red

Sea Urchin Hakea

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:23:00 GMT

Erect shrub or tree, to 9 m high. Fl. pink & cream, Mar to Jul. Loam, granite. Outcrops.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: petiolaris Main Flower Colour: Pink

Senna artemisioides

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:03:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.15-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan or Apr to Nov. Sand, loam, stony or gravelly soils. Variety of habitats.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Senna Species: artemisioides Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Senna artemisioides ssp. helmsii - Blunt Leaved Cassia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:03:00 GMT

Native to arid and semi-arid Australia this rounded green shrub grows to 1.5m and has cheerful yellow flowers from late winter to spring. Also called the blunt leaf senna it has a broader leaf than Senna sturtii.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Senna Species: artemisioides ssp helmsii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Shark Bay Daisy

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 01:41:00 GMT

This conspicuous daisy has large flowers about 5cm across. The scrambling plant climbs over adjoining shrubs and displays its flowers during winter and spring.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Pembertonia Species: latisquamea Main Flower Colour: Blue

Sheep's Burr

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:34:00 GMT

Plant 25–40 cm high, stems erect or ascending, glabrous or sparsely appressed-pilose. Leaves usually 9–15-foliolate, sometimes to 25-foliolate; leaflets ovate to oblong, longest 10–12 mm long, 6–10 mm wide, hairs confined to main veins on the lower surface, glabrous or sparsely pilose above. Flowers and fruiting hypanthia in long interrupted spikes with 3 or 4 flowers scattered on the stem below; peduncles ± glabrous to sparsely pilose. Fruiting hypanthia ovoid, ± wrinkled; spines many, ± equal, 1–4 mm long, glabrous to pilose.
Family: Rosaceae Genus: Acaena Species: echinata Main Flower Colour: White

Shining Poverty Bush

Sharon G — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:17:00 GMT

A short-lived species 1 to 3.5 m high with large, glossy, viscid leaves 54 to 85 mm long by 7.5 to 15 mm wide, large sepals 8.5 to 15 mm long by 3.5 to 8 mm wide and a cream, yellow, mauve or rarely pink corolla 25 to 35 mm long
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: lucida Main Flower Colour: Other

Short-sepaled spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 08:41:00 GMT

Growing in sandy soil beside salt pan. About 20cm high. Sepals with small knobby club, petals curled at ends. No fringe on labellum.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: brevisura Main Flower Colour: Other

Showy Banksia, Ric-Rac Banksia

Member - John and Val — Sun, 18 May 2014 02:01:00 GMT

These photogenic banksias can be found in almost pure stands along sections of the WA southern coast. They are large rounded shrubs to 5m high. Long linear leaves are toothed to the mid-rib. Young leaves covered with brownish hairs, adult leaves are grey green. Flower spikes are cylindrical, rounded at the top. Flower spikes are held erect at the end of branches making them very conspicuous. Leaves hang down from the flowers. Buds are covered with silvery grey hairs, opening to a greenish/yellow flower. Seed capsules large and conspicuous, initially covered with a felt of rust brown hairs before becoming grey and gnarled. Grows on deep sand and often covers extensive areas as the dominant shrub.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: speciosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Showy Copper-wire Daisy

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:50:00 GMT

An attractive daisy with large bright flowerheads. Sparsely woolly to almost smooth perennial to 70 cm high with several stems. Basal leaves to 20 cm long; leaves on stem narrow, spear shaped, to 5 cm long. Inflorescence of one or a few widely spaced heads to 30 mm diam. Florets straw-coloured; ray florets 10–24 mm long. Found in all eastern states, extending west into SA. In woodland and dry forest at lower altitudes and on mountain slopes above 5000ft.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Podolepis Species: jaceoides Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Showy Dryandra

Cienne — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:20:00 GMT

Common, dense, often columnar shrub to 1.5 m tall with serrated leaves 20 - 25cm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: formosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Shrubby Bluebush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 07:48:00 GMT

Shrub or perennial forb to 1.5m tall. Often spiny branches. Leaves succulent, alternating up the stems, 0.2-0.6cm long, flat to flattened cylindrical, hairy. Male and female flowers frequently on different plants. Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), solitary a the bases of the leaves. Fruiting body green to yellow, brown to black when dry, with a single hairless horizontal wing with 0-1 radial slit. Upper nad lower body of the fruiting body hairy.
Family: Chenopodiaceae Genus: Maireana Species: pyramidata Main Flower Colour: Pink

Shrubby Velvet-Bush

Member - John and Val — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:13:00 GMT

Wiry shrub to 2.5m tall. Stems and new shoots covered with rusty red hairs. Flowers are crowded in clusters. Calyx lobes are speckled outside with star shaped (stellate) hairs, smooth and pale inside. Grows as an undershrub in forests on sandy or rocky soil.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Lasiopetalum Species: macrophyllum Main Flower Colour: Cream

Sidas

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:10:00 GMT

A scraggy bush growing to about 2 meters in height. It grows a variety of soils ranging from red- brown sandy loams, the upper slopes of dunes to rocky out- crops. Ranges from the Gascoyne, Murchison, East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie and has been found out in the Great Sandy Desert.
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Sida Species: ectogama Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Silky Blue Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:26:00 GMT

Small blue flowers, 2cm across, standing 10 - 15cm tall. Petals smooth and silky in appearance. Strap shaped leaf. Abundant among everlastings.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Cyanicula Species: amplexans Main Flower Colour: Blue

Silky Grevillea, Golden Grevillea, Fern-leaved Grevillea

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:28:00 GMT

A brilliant and familiar site along roads in the Kimberley, NT and N. Qld. Usually grows in sandy soils that may become seasonally wet. May be a tree to 8 or 10m tall or a dense spreading shrub. Leaves are lobed and deeply divided, grey green on the upper surface, silvery white underneath. Leaves can be up to 30cm long. The golden one sided flower heads are held at or near the ends of the branches. They are large, up to 15cm long, and are full of nectar making them attractive to birds and insects.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: pteridifolia Main Flower Colour: Orange

Silky Oak

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 05:48:00 GMT

A fast-growing, single-stemmed tree usually 20-30 m in height and about 80 cm in diameter but sometimes larger. The dark grey bark is furrowed in a lace-like pattern. Young branchlets are angular, ridged and maybe slightly hairy. The fern-like foliage is very distinctive. The leaves are 10-34 cm long and 9-15 cm wide, pinnate to bipinnate, green on the upper surface and pale and silky below. ... source: Australian Biological Resources Study - Species Bank
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: robusta Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Silky Purple Flag or Native Iris

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:13:00 GMT

Tufted perennial with narrow, linear leaves to about 20 cm long that arise from an underground rhizome. The three-petalled flowers are on stems that are shorter than the leaves. Flowers are about 3cm across, deep blue or purple (occasionally white) and usually occur in spring and summer. Before opening, the flowers are enclosed in two large papery bracts. Each flower only opens for only a single day although new flowers are produced over an extended period. The flowers may close before noon in hot, sunny weather.
Family: Iridaceae Genus: Patersonia Species: sericea Main Flower Colour: Purple

Siloxerus filifolius

John Baas — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:43:00 GMT

Decumbent to erect annual, herb, 0.01-0.065 m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow, Oct to Dec or Jan. Variety of soils. Moist situations.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Siloxerus Species: filifolius Main Flower Colour: Cream

Silver Banksia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:35:00 GMT

The plant is extremely variable depending on environmental conditions. Most of the silver banksias in the Upper Barwon Region tend to be shrubs ranging from 1m tall (growing on poor heathy soils) to 5-6m in moist peaty sands. The tree form of the species is now very rare due to the severe depletion of its habitat on the basalt plains. Some of these remnants can get close to15m tall with 30-40cm diameter trunks. The leaves are variable as well- ranging from 4cm long to 12cm long. The bark is rough up to the small branches. The golden yellow flowers usually open in the autumn about the same time that seeds from the previous years' flowers are mature. The tree form can set very little seed due to lack of genetic diversity (inbreeding can cause infertile flowers and great distances between trees lessens the chance of cross pollination). The shrub form, which grows in healthy populations, doesn't set a lot of seed either but they do have a suckering habit which helps the species survive the poor soils and frequent fires of the heath. The production of seed does occur especially during years of good rain, but can be frustratingly hard to find! The common name of silver banksia comes from the underside of the leaves which are white- some might say silver! However, the underside of the leaves certainly contrast with the top side of the leaves, which are a dull green.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: marginata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Silver Box

Member - John and Val — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 19:59:00 GMT

A small tree with rough box-type bark. Adult leaves retain their juvenile form, they are large about 15x8cm, waxy-grey (glaucous) and the same colour on both sides, opposite and sessile. Flower buds in terminal panicles, buds grey-glaucous. Operculum conical, flowers cream with anthers tinged with pink. Widespread in northern Australia Mt Isa west to the central Kimberley.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: pruinosa Main Flower Colour: Cream

Silver Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:13:00 GMT

Prostrate to erect shrub, usually under 2m in hight with soft silvery foliage, flowering all year, more common between April and October and is Endemic to Kangaroo Island
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: macropodinna Main Flower Colour: Red

Silver Snow Daisy

Member - John and Val — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:46:00 GMT

An attractive perennial herb that can put on a lovely summer display in alpine meadows and among high altitude woodland. Leaves are elongated and form a dense basal rosette. Each leaf has longitudinal white markings and the underside is covered with a mat of white hairs. Flower stalks are taller then the leaves, growing to 30cm tall. Flower heads are large, about 6cm across with bright white ray florets and yellow disc florets.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Celmisia Species: longifolia Main Flower Colour: White

Silver Tails

Maureen C — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 03:12:00 GMT

Much-branched rounded shrub 70cmx70cm. Silvery-pink hairy pom poms
Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Ptilotus Species: obovatus Main Flower Colour: White

Silver Wattle

Member - John and Val — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:23:00 GMT

A very common wattle along the NSW tablelands. Ranges in size from a bushy shrub to a tall forest tree in wet forests. True leaves are green-grey. Spherical flower heads are at the ends of branches making a colourful flowering display. Suckers freely.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: dealbata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Simpson Desert Daisy - Yellow Billybutton

David W8 — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 09:30:00 GMT

Family: Asteraceae Genus: Calocephalus Species: platycephalus Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Skeleton fanflower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:05:00 GMT

Erect multistemmed perennial to 1 m high, with minute glandular and usually simple hairs except the almost-glabrous striate stems.Basal leaves ovate to spathulate, to 4.5 cm long and 15 mm wide, margins toothed, sessile; cauline leaves mostly triangular, to 4 mm long. Flowers in thryses or racemes to 20 cm long; stalks to 10 cm long; bracts triangular, to 4 mm long; bracteoles triangular, 2–4 mm long. Sepals fused basally, triangular, 1–4 mm long. Corolla 20–30 mm long, cream to blue, finely pubescent outside, densely bearded inside with all hairs simple; wings to 1 mm wide. Anthers sometimes with hairs at apex. Indusium with bristles at base equalling or exceeding those on lips. Fruit ellipsoid, 5–6 mm long, with minute glandular and simple hairs and occasional longer simple hairs, tuberculate.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Scaevola Species: depauperata Main Flower Colour: Purple

Slender Banksia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:35:00 GMT

Lignotuberous tree or shrub, 0.4-10 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. White, yellow, brown or pale red sand, sometimes over laterite. Sand dunes, sandplains.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: attenuata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Slender Fuschia

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:21:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.1-1.8(-3) m high. Fl. red-yellow-orange, Feb to Mar or May to Dec. Clay soils, red or yellow sand, granite, laterite. Undulating plains, claypans, salt lakes, screes.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: decipiens Main Flower Colour: Red

Slender Onion Orchid

Member - John and Val — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 07:14:00 GMT

You could easily mistake this common little orchid for grass. A small terrestrial orchid with 10s of tiny flowers crowded along a flowering spike that can grow up tp to 30cm tall. There is a single elongated leaf arising from the flowering stem. Often grows in thick colonies. Usually grows in wet seepage areas in grassland or Eucalypt woodland where it can become widespread and common.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Microtis Species: parviflora Main Flower Colour: Other

Slender Smoke-bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:14:00 GMT

An erect shrub to 1.5m tall with narrow, upturned leaves. The flower are blue to whiteish in a dense spike.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Conospermum Species: patens Main Flower Colour: Blue

Slipper Orchid

John Baas — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:20:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.25-0.7 m high. Fl. green & red, Nov to Dec or Jan to Apr. White-grey sand, loam, granite. Sand dunes, outcrops, swamps.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Cryptostylis Species: ovata Main Flower Colour: Red

Slipper orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:14:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Slipper orchid, Cryptostylis ovata found all over the southwest of WA especially near rivers and creeks.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Cryptostylis Species: ovata Main Flower Colour: Other

Small Darwinia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:24:00 GMT

Darwinia micropetala, commonly known as Small Darwinia, is a small shrub that is native to south-eastern Australia. It grows to 0.5 metres high and has small leaves and clusters of small white and pink flowers that appear between June and December in the species native range. The species was first formally described in 1858 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. He named it Genetyllis micropetala. The species was transferred to the genus Darwinia by English botanist George Bentham in 1865. It occurs in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Darwinia Species: micropetala Main Flower Colour: White

Small Monkey Flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 07:39:00 GMT

Prostrate annual or perennial, forming broad mats, rooting at nodes, sparsely hairy with white non-glandular hairs, sometimes confined to younger parts and calyx rim. Leaves joined by a ridge at nodes, ± obovate to ± elliptic, 2–6 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, apex ± acute, base ± narrow-cuneate, margins entire; sessile. Flowers solitary in axils; pedicel 5–25 mm long. Calyx 3–7 mm long; teeth ± equal, c. 1 mm long. Corolla ± rotate; tube 6–15 mm long and gradually dilated above calyx, yellow, with red spots inside the rim white; lobes spreading, ± equal, 4–5 mm long, blue or pink, rarely white. Capsule obovoid, 4–5 mm long.
Family: Phrymaceae Genus: Mimulus Species: prostratus Main Flower Colour: Purple

Smooth Fringe Myrtle

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:25:00 GMT

Small woody shrub to 1m tall with tiny, smooth leaves and is endemic to South Australia.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Species: glaberrima Main Flower Colour: Pink

Snow Flower

John Baas — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 01:56:00 GMT

Stark white papery flowers on this erect to procumbent, glabrous annual, herb, 0.05-0.2 m high. Fl. white, Apr to Oct. Red sand.
Family: Celastraceae Genus: Macgregoria Species: racemigera Main Flower Colour: White

Snow Myrtle

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:49:00 GMT

Open shrub up to 2m tall growing as an understorey in open forest and woodland.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Calytrix Species: alpestris Main Flower Colour: White

Snowy River Wattle

Member - John and Val — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:33:00 GMT

A small suckering shrub to about 3m tall that can form thickets. Smaller spherical lemon yellow flowerheads are clustered at the ends of branches. Phyllodes are narrow and blue-green.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: boormanii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Soft Billybuttons

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:51:00 GMT

Ascending or erect herb with many stems to 40 cm high. Cauline leaves oblong to oblanceolate, 3–7 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, apex broad-acute, gland-tipped; lamina concolorous, olive-brown to green, with glandular hairs and septate flattened hairs, especially on margins. Compound head single and ovoid or globose or branched below or from the centre, giving rise to smaller secondary globose heads; main compound head 10–20 mm long, 10–15 mm diam.; partial heads c. 40–60, sessile, each with 4–6 florets; main bract of the partial involucre with broad yellow scarious margins and a narrow brown thickened and glandular stereome, finely ciliate. Corollas lemon-yellow.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Pycnosorus Species: pleiocephalus Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Southern Blechnum Banksia

Barry H12 — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 06:38:00 GMT

The Southern Blechnum Banksia is a prostrate spreading shrub with horizontal stems and fern-like leathery leaves that give the plant its specific name. The leaves are about 30cm long and up to 10cm wide with deep triangular lobes and a prominent mid-vein. The orange-brown flowers grow in dense cylindrical spikes at ground level in late winter and spring, and appear to be growing straight out of the ground. The 15cm tall flower spikes fade to grey as the flowers age. The fruit is a woody cone with large follicles. This banksia does not have a lignotuber, regenerating from seed after bushfire.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: blechnifolia Main Flower Colour: Orange

Southern Cross

Member - Tony S (WA) — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:48:00 GMT

Xanthosia rotundifolia is an erect or sprawling perennial herb growing 60cm high and spreading about 1m wide. Its common name, Southern Cross, comes from the resemblance of the inflorescence to the constellation of the same name. The four stalks of the inflorescence create a cross, with clusters of white to pink flowers and bracts on each end. Xanthosia includes about 20 species in total, all of which are endemic to temperate Australia. Xanthosia rotundifolia is native to southwest Australia, naturally occurring in at least three biogeographic regions: Warren, Esperance Plains, and Jarrah Forest.
Family: Apiaceae Genus: Xanthosia Species: rotundifolia Main Flower Colour: White

Spider Orchid hybrid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:52:00 GMT

This orchid is a cross between the Giant spider orchid ( C. excelsa ) and Scott River Spider Orchid (C. thinicola ). It ranges from Yallingup to Karridale and is found in deep sandy soils amongst low shrubs in Banksia, Jarrah and Marri woodlands. Grows to about 90cm in height.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: excelsa x thinicola Main Flower Colour: Other

Spider Orchid Hybrid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:32:00 GMT

Photos by Graeme W. A hybrid Caladenia. This is a cross between the Sandplain Spider Orchid (C. speciosa) and the Tuart Spider Orchid (C. georgei), a stunning orchid but unfortunalely most of them were destroyed by a new road. Location undisclosed.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: speciosa x georgei Main Flower Colour: Other

Spider Orchid Hybrid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:57:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. Another hybrid Caladenia, this time a cross between sandplain (C. speciosa) and the grand spider orchid (C. huegelii) .
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: speciosa x huegelii Main Flower Colour: Other

Spiked Sourbush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 22:12:00 GMT

Shrub 1–2 m tall; branches erect. Stems finely striate, terete; flowering branchlets 1.5–2.5 mm diam., the internodes short. Leaves triangular, alternate, appressed, 1.5–2.5 mm long; apex weak, dry, recurved or variously twisted or abraded. Flowers solitary, often crowded; bracts similar to vegetative leaves, spreading; pedicels c. 0.5 mm long with 8–12 bracteoles, 4 of which are involucral. Flowers cylindrical. Tepals c. 1.5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, white, closely appressed when dry. Stamens without appendages; anther lobes approximately equal. Drupe globose, 2–3 mm long. Occurs on Kangaroo Is., in south-eastern S.A. and in western Vic.
Family: Santalaceae Genus: Choretrum Species: spicatum Main Flower Colour: White

Spinifex (Triodia)

Alan McCall — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:22:00 GMT

Family: Poaceae Genus: Triodia Species: basedowii Main Flower Colour: White

Spiny Mintbush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:17:00 GMT

IN NSW Prostanthera spinosa is an aromatic, scrambling, prostrate shrub, to 0.5 metres high. It is erect and reaches up to 2 metres in Victoria and South Australia. The branches are glabrous or hairy with spines to 16 mm long that alternate in pairs at right angles. Leaves are 1.5-6 mm long, 1-4 mm wide slightly recurved and a light to dark green surface. ... source: Office of Environment and Heritage
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Prostanthera Species: spinosa Main Flower Colour: Purple

Spiny Wattle

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:14:00 GMT

Much-branched, erect shrub mostly 0.5–1 m high. Branchlets rigid, terete, striated by rather prominent yellow ribs, green, grey-green or subglaucous between ribs, glabrous, spinose. Phyllodes normally absent, very rarely few persistent at base of main stems, linear, 1–5 cm long, 2 mm wide, thick; tip curved or hooked. Inflorescences simple; heads usually sessile, globular, 3–8-flowered, 5–7 mm diam., bright golden; bracteoles sessile, concave, c. 1 mm long and almost as wide, brown. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods moniliform, curved, becoming twisted, 2–3 cm long, 2–3 mm wide, dark brown, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong-elliptic; aril clavate. Occurs from near Ceduna, S.A. to Mildura and the Northern Grampians, western Vic. Grows in a variety of vegetation and soil types.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: spinescens Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Splendid Everlasting

Member - John and Val — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 05:07:00 GMT

Annual herb to about 50cm high. Leaves up to 3cm long. Flower heads about 5cm across. Flowers which may be white, cream, pink or yellow form after rain.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Rhodanthe Species: chlorocephala Main Flower Colour: White

Splendid spider orchid

Member - John and Val — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:00:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Splendid Spider Orchid, Caladenia splendens the second largest of our white spider orchids. The calli have white tips and the petals are very long and taper very quickly . I have seen three flowers on one plant.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: splendens Main Flower Colour: White

Spotted Poverty Bush

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:22:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. violet-purple-white, Aug to Oct. Red sand, loam or clay soils. Gibber plains, calcareous flats, jasper outcrops.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: abietina Main Flower Colour: Pink

Square-fruit Mallee, Four-winged Mallee

Member - John and Val — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:06:00 GMT

Staggly small mallee to 3m. Leaves thick, about 15cm long. Large square ribbed, bright red flower base. Anthers bright pink. Operculum (bud cap) is pointed and ribbed. Gumnuts large square ribbed shape.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: tetraptera Main Flower Colour: Red

Stackhousia Candle / White Candle

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 30 May 2014 07:02:00 GMT

Stackhousia heugelii is a native of Western Australia and is found between the Lesueur Sand plain, to Albany with isolated patches in the Western Murchison and the Fitzgerald N.P.
Family: Celastraceae Genus: Stackhousia Species: huegelii Main Flower Colour: White

Stark White Spider Orchid.

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:54:00 GMT

perennial, herb, 0.3-0.6 m high. growing in lateritic or clayey loam, sometimes in sand.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: longicauda subsp. eminens Main Flower Colour: White

Sticky Everlasting

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:25:00 GMT

Annual herb with basal leaves and erect unbranched stems to 40cm high. Flower heads are solitary, 20-45mm across, bracts shiny, papery, pink to white, disc yellow.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Lawrencella Species: davenportii Main Flower Colour: Pink

Sticky Tailflower, Sticky Rayflower

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:39:00 GMT

A common sight on rocky headlands along the WA south coast. The Sticky Ray-flower is an upright, dense shrub growing up to 3m high and spreading to 4m across. Leaves are broad, bright green and somewhat sticky. The white flowers have 5 petals, are tubular and star-shaped and are produced throughout the year.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Anthocercis Species: viscosa subsp. viscosa Main Flower Colour: White

Stiff Westringia

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:17:00 GMT

Low spreading, straggly or erect, pungent shrub, (0.05-)0.15-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. white, Apr to Nov. Variety of soils, frequently in sandy soils over limestone.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Westringia Species: rigida Main Flower Colour: White

Straggly Corkbark

Member - John and Val — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:47:00 GMT

Grows as scattered trees on sandy red loam. Small gnarled tree up to 6m tall with thick furrowed corky bark. Leaves divided into sharp pointed lobes, about 10cm long. Sprays of flowers 12cm long, each flower slightly hairy. Woody seed pods.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: eyreana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Straggly Corkbark

Member - John and Val — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:48:00 GMT

Small robust tree of desert areas. Leaves deeply dissected, each lobe ending in a sharp point. Seedpods small and woody. Bark thick, grey and corky in texture.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: eyreana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Stumpy Orchid

graeme w9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:05:00 GMT

The stumpy spider orchid is related to and is one of the clubbed spider orchids.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: ensata Main Flower Colour: Other

Sturt's Desert pea

Lance L — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 18:59:00 GMT

A spreading vine that can vary in size and habit, with large plants sometimes standing semi-erect, up to 1m tall. Germinates and flowers rapidly after rain. Colour variants are sometimes found.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Swainsona Species: formosa Main Flower Colour: Red

Sturt's Desert Pea - unusual colour form

Member - John and Val — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 12:48:00 GMT

This patch of SDP had pale red to orange petals with a bright pink, pink or whitish "boss" on the standard petal.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Swainsona Species: formosa Main Flower Colour: Red

Sturt's Pigface

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:15:00 GMT

Hemispherical, divaricate shrub with hairy branches. Leaves terete, subterete or ± flattened, to c. 50 mm long. Flowers pedicellate. Perianth segments triangular, to c. 2 cm long; outer surface tomentose; inner surface papillose. Stamen bundles alternating with the perianth segments. Capsule 4-ribbed, the ribs keeled, 6–10 mm diam., valves becoming bifid on opening; seeds black, tuberculate.
Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Gunniopsis Species: quadrifida Main Flower Colour: White

Stylidium eriopodum

John Baas — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:48:00 GMT

Creeping perennial, herb (forming compact clumps to 15 cm wide), elevated above soil on wiry stilt roots up to 6 cm long. Fl. yellow-orange-green, Oct to Nov. Gritty loam soils on granite rocks, clayey sand over laterite. In shrublands or eucalypt woodlands.
Family: Stylidiaceae Genus: Stylidium Species: eriopodum Main Flower Colour: Pink

Sugar Orchid

Barry H12 — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:37:00 GMT

Distinctive orchid Grows 50 - 100mm Single hairy flattened leaf Single sugary white flower
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Ericksonella Species: saccharata Main Flower Colour: White

Sugar Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 08:05:00 GMT

Grows 50 - 150mm in height Single Hairy leaf Single small sugary white flower. Although a delicate looking plant, it is a hardy inland species ocurring 50 km or more from the coast, with an average annual rainfall between 20-30 cm.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Ericksonella Species: saccharato Main Flower Colour: White

Summer-scented Wattle

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:14:00 GMT

Dense shrub or tree, 1-6 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct or Dec. Mainly on consolidated sand dunes.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: rostellifera Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Sun Orchid hybrid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 07:20:00 GMT

A sun orchid hybrid that was found south of Mullewa amongst some granite pockets. It is a cross between the T antennifera and T petrophila . T antennifera often hybridises with other blue sun orchid species to produce colours of red, orange and pink flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: antennifera x petrophila Main Flower Colour: Red

Sundew

Member - John and Val — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 22:47:00 GMT

A trap for unwary insects. Widely distributed through northern Australia in damp areas. Elongated leaves, curled when young, with long sticky hairs. Leaves may be reddish or green and 5 petalled flowers vary in colour from white through orange and pink.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: indica Main Flower Colour: Pink

Sundew

Member - John and Val — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 02:56:00 GMT

Small insectivorous plant. Traps small insects by means of sticky hairs on the rosette of red leaves. Grows in damp places.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: White

Sundew - Drosera - Unknown Species

Cienne — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:11:00 GMT

Found growing in a damp rocky area in the Stirling Range, W.A. About 10 cm high, reddish in appearance, with sticky hairs on the roundish leaves.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Main Flower Colour: Other

Sundew - Pink Rainbow

Sharon G — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:20:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb or climber, 0.3-1.1 m high. Deep sand, loamy soils.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris Main Flower Colour: Pink

Sunshine Wattle

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:00:00 GMT

Thick shrub 1 to 2m tall with compound leaves, 8-16 pairs of leaflets on each leaf section. Flower heads are spherical, bright yellow, arranged in open clusters at the ends of branches.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: terminalis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Swainsona beasleyana

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:06:00 GMT

Procumbent perennial, herb, to 0.2 m high. Flowers purple-blue-pink, Aug to Sep. Red sandy or gravelly loam soils.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Swainsona Species: beasleyana Main Flower Colour: Purple

Swainsona sp.

Lindsay H — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:07:00 GMT

Prostrate, spreading to about 50cm, the pea like flowers about 30 cm in height coral pink in colour.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Swainsona Main Flower Colour: Pink

Swamp Banksia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:36:00 GMT

Tree or shrub, 1.5-12 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. yellow/orange-yellow, Mar to Aug. Grey or black peaty sand. Low-lying, seasonally damp areas, along watercourses
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: littoralis Main Flower Colour: Orange

Swamp Bee Orchid

Barry H12 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:30:00 GMT

Late flowering Bee orchid Grows 200 - 400mm Small Yellow Brown marked flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: pauciflora Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Swamp Paperbark

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:26:00 GMT

Melaleuca halmaturorum has two widely separated occurrences. In eastern Australia it is found in western Victoria and southeastern South Australia, including Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island [1]. In the south west of Western Australia it occurs mainly across the Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie regions. This species is usually a shrub or small tree to 8 m tall. It often forms thickets in swampy areas subject to waterlogging, including the fringes of salt lakes and samphire flats or near coastal dune systems. Soil types range from clays to loamy sands and are usually saline.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Species: halmaturorum Main Flower Colour: White

Swamp Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:14:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Swamp Spider Orchid, Caladenia paludosa is the orchid most confused with the Dunsborough Spider Orchid but is bigger and has a much later flowering period.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: paludosa Main Flower Colour: Other

Swamp Spider Orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:43:00 GMT

A common orchid that has up to three red greenish-yellow and cream flowers.Spreading petals, narrowly clubbed lateral sepals and a white or greenish yellow red tipped projecting labellum. It also has a seasonally wet habitat under Melaleuca species and thick associated scrub.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: paludosa Main Flower Colour: Red

Sweet Appleberry

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:20:00 GMT

Robust shrubby twiner or scrambler, stems to a few metres long. Adult leaves alternate, mostly narrowly elliptic, 36–60 mm long, 6–13 mm wide, glabrous; margin usually recurved, never undulate; petiole 1–2 mm long, with lamina extending to base. Inflorescences terminal, mostly sessile, corymbose to umbel-like, up to 12-flowered. Sepals 2–3 mm long, yellow-green. Petals 8–14 mm long, separating above the middle, initially white, cream-coloured or pale yellow, with spreading mauve-red blotches from throat with age; apex hairy. Stamens often 4 with one staminode; filaments tapering; anthers oblong, white. Ovary 5–7 mmlong; style c. 0.5 mm long; stigma large capitate.
Family: Pittosporaceae Genus: Billardiera Species: versicolor Main Flower Colour: Purple

Swordfish Banksia

John Baas — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:36:00 GMT

Densely branched, lignotuberous shrub, 1-4 m high. Flowers are yellow, and inflorescences hang down. Flowering is Jan to Mar or May. Yellow or brown sand, sometimes with lateritic gravel.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: elderiana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Synaphea

Member - John and Val — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:49:00 GMT

A low shrub to about 1 m. Leaves yellowish, deeply lobed, each lobe terminating in a sharp point. Small yellow flowers are thickly clustered giving the whole plant a yellowish hue. Common in heathland.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Synaphea Species: spinulosa subsp spinulosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Synaphea spinulosa subsp spinulosa

Cienne — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:31:00 GMT

Scruffy low growing bush with small yellow flower spikes. leaves tough and spikey. Growing gravelly sandy soil
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Synaphea Species: spinulosa subsp spinulosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Tall Leek, Snake or Piano Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 07:37:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. The Tall Leek, Snake or Piano Orchid Prasophyllum elatum. Found in isolated pockets of the south west , it only flowers after fire. This orchid can grow to 120cms tall.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Prasophyllum Species: elatum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Tallerack

Member - John and Val — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:27:00 GMT

Common. A small gum with distinctive waxy-white (glaucous) foliage and gumnuts (fruit). Grows to about 4m tall. Branches and fruits have 4 angular ribs running longitudinally. Gumnuts 1cm long.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: tetragona (pleurocarpa) Main Flower Colour: White

Tangled white spider orchid

Member - Tony S (WA) — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:41:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.2-0.4 m high. Fl. cream-white. Grows in gravel, laterite, sandy clay. Winter-wet Wandoo flats.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: longicauda subsp. redacta Main Flower Colour: White

Tasmanian Waratah

John L (WA) — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:58:00 GMT

Endemic to Tasmania, with a more open flower than NSW's emblem.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Telopea Species: truncata Main Flower Colour: Red

Tates Grass Tree - SA Endemic

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:21:00 GMT

Woody stemmed perennial with a crown of flat, narrow leaves. The trunk is usually over 1m tall, and flowering is stimulated by fire. This species is endemic to South Australia and is restricted to Kangaroo Island, Fleurieu and Yorke Peninsulas.
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Genus: Xanthorrhoea Species: semiplana subsp. tateana Main Flower Colour: White

Tea Tree

John L (WA) — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:48:00 GMT

Smelling sweet ,Tea Tree blossoms blowing like confetti in the wind line the roads of Flinders Island.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Kunzea Species: ambigua Main Flower Colour: White

Teasel banksia

Member - John and Val — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:27:00 GMT

Small spreading shrub up to about 1m high. Leaves narrow, linear 12-15mm long, with margins rolled under. Attractive small flower spikes, usually at the end of branches, are cylindrical about 25mm long. When individual brownish coloured flowers are fully open the long yellow hooked styles give the plant its common name. Old seed cones have a gnarled appearance. Grows in deep sand.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: pulchella Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Templetonia

Member - John and Val — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:04:00 GMT

Dense shrub to 2m. tall, much branched. Leaves oval, widest at the end away from the stem. Large dusky red pea flowers (3cm long) in which the standard petal is reflexed (bent backwards).
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Templetonia Species: retusa Main Flower Colour: Red

Tennis Ball Banksia

John Baas — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:25:00 GMT

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-3.5 m high. Fl. yellow-green, Sep to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sand, clay loam, gravel, spongolite, laterite. Hills, top of breakaways.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: laevigata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Thryptomene

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:53:00 GMT

Small thick, rounded shrub growing in red sand.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Thryptomene Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Pink

Thyme Leaf Spyridium

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:27:00 GMT

This small South Australian endemic shrub has furry branches with narrow leaves. The flowers are white velvety floral leaves surrounded by tiny yellow flowers.
Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Spyridium Species: phylicoides Main Flower Colour: White

Thyme Rice-flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:35:00 GMT

Erect dioecious shrub to 1.5 m high, stunted or prostrate in exposed positions, stems glabrous. Leaves crowded, narrow-elliptic to spathulate, 4–12 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, concave at least when dry. Flowers in bracteate heads, usually on short lateral branches, and often appearing axillary; peduncle to 2 mm long; pedicels covered with long coarse hairs. Bracts 4, elliptic, 2–6 mm long. Flowers 3–4 mm long, yellow, glabrous; 2–17 in male heads, 2–10 in female heads.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: serpyllifolia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Thysanotus patersonii: 'Twining Fringe Lily'

Member - Stanley D — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:46:00 GMT

Perennial climber: Roots tuberous: Leaves annual but infrequent: Delicate flowers have three distinctly fringed petals held upon short branches. Flowers and stems dieback to regrow in Winter. Difficult to find unless in flower.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Species: patersonii subsp. manglesianus Main Flower Colour: Purple

Tiger Orchid

John L (WA) — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:35:00 GMT

medium sized orchid growing in coastal heathland in Bridport, Tasmania.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diurus Species: sulphurea Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Tinsel Lily

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:45:00 GMT

Upright stems to 60cm, leaves elongated and pointed. Flowers bright metallic purple with 6 sepals.
Family: Dasypogonaceae Genus: Calectasia Species: intermedia Main Flower Colour: Purple

Tinsel-flower

John Baas — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:37:00 GMT

Viscid shrub, (0.3-)0.5-2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Jul to Nov. Sand, gravel, laterite.
Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Cyanostegia Species: angustifolia Main Flower Colour: Blue

Tiny Violet

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:10:00 GMT

Perennial herb with short, erect stems, glabrous to sparsely hairy. Leaves tufted, lamina broad-ovate to ovate-rhombic, mostly 0.5–15 mm long, 0.5–12 mm wide, base wedge-shaped and tapering into petiole, margins coarsely toothed; petiole 1–3 cm long. Scapes 3–8 cm long; bracteoles near the middle. Sepals 2.5–3.5 mm long. Petals 4–7 mm long, pale mauve to white, ± concolorous; upper petals narrow-oblong to ovate, lateral petals glabrous or slightly bearded. Capsule is ovoid shape, 4–5 mm long.
Family: Violaceae Genus: Viola Species: sieberiana Main Flower Colour: Purple

Torrington Wattle

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:00:00 GMT

Small soft shrub growing in moist areas. Phyllodes about 10mm long with a distinct point. Bright yellow flowerheads.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: torringtonensis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Trianthema pilosa

Member - John and Val — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 09:57:00 GMT

A creeping annual herb commonly found partially covered with sand on the top of sand dunes. Flowers have 5 petals and are pinish-white. leaves covered with long hairs.
Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Trianthema Species: pilosa Main Flower Colour: White

Trigger Plant

Member - John and Val — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:45:00 GMT

A small plant that packs a punch. The flowers of Trigger plants have a central touch-sensitive column tucked under the petals. The male and female parts of the flower (anther and stigma) are located at the end of the column. When an insect lands on the flower to feed on the nectar the column is triggered, flicking over and hitting the insect on the back. This action either deposits or collects pollen from the back of the insect, depending on the cycle of the plant. Plants have a flat rosette of elongated leaves at ground level, from which a flowering stem about 30cm grows.
Family: Stylidiaceae Genus: Stylidium Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Pink

Tuart Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:49:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. One of our more stunning orchids with a very deep red labellum, the Tuart Spider Orchid, Caladenia georgei found mainly in the coastal strip between Perth and Busselton.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: georgei Main Flower Colour: Other

Tufted Bluebell

Member - John and Val — Thu, 01 May 2014 07:18:00 GMT

A vigorous herb with a fleshy, creeping root system. The dark green foliage grows to approximately 30cm tall. Blue bell shaped flowers 15mm across are produced abundantly from Spring to Autumn, reaching approximately 40cm tall. The leaves are narrow and almost hairless. Commonly seen along roadsides, disturbed areas and lightly grazed paddocks.
Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Wahlenbergia Species: communis Main Flower Colour: Blue

Twiggy Bush Pea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:01:00 GMT

Erect shrub; stems appressed-pubescent. Leaves alternate, narrow-cuneate, concave to folded, 3–10 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, apex obtuse and recurved, margins incurved to involute, lower surface darker than upper; stipules c. 1 mm long. Inflorescences terminal, 1–4-flowered, often on lateral short shoots; bracts imbricate, caducous, 2–4 mm long, entire or 3-lobed, oblong to ovate to circular, acuminate to obtuse, usually notched, glabrous to slightly hairy, margins often ciliate. Flowers 6–8 mm long, almost sessile; bracteoles c. 3 mm long, lacking stipules, lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, mostly hairy, attached to lower part of calyx tube. Calyx 5–6 mm long, moderately hairy; lobes narrowly acuminate. Ovary hairy.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Pultenaea Species: largiflorens Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Twining Fringe Lily

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:38:00 GMT

Twining or prostrate herb; roots tuberous, tubers ellipsoid, c. 1–5 cm long, sessile or shortly stalked from a small rootstock. Leaves annual, 1 or 2, produced infrequently, terete, 10–20 cm long. Flowering stems annual, 1 or occasionally 2, terete, ± hirsute at base, becoming 4-angled and glabrous above, 10–100 cm long; branches usually many, simple to many times dichotomously branched. Flowers single on branches; bracteate, pedicels 1–5 mm long, articulate very close to base. Tepals 5–10.5 mm long; outer tepals 2–3 mm wide; inner tepals 3–6 mm wide including fimbriae to c. 1 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers all straight, not twisted, ± equal, 2–6 mm long, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Style 3–4 mm long.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Species: patersonii Main Flower Colour: Purple

Typhonium lillifolium

Sun, 03 Aug 2014 07:34:00 GMT

Long slender, variegated leaves. Blossoms are up to about 25cm x 15cm, of a dark purple/reddish colour with a foul odour like rotten meat that attracts insects.
Family: Araceae Genus: Typhonium Species: lillifolium Main Flower Colour: Purple

Umbrella Bush, Sandhill Wattle

Lindsay H — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:55:00 GMT

Acacia ligulata is widespread across most parts of arid and semi-arid Australia. A smallish rounded shrub about 1 to 3 meters high, leaves are slender about 1 cm wide and 10 cm long, leathery with a prominent central vein and ending in a sharp point. Masses of golden flower balls 1 cm in diameter when flowering. This one was flowering July 2008
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: ligulata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

unknown

Lindsay H — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 09:13:00 GMT

A small clump of white flowers
Main Flower Colour: White

Upside Down Plant

Member - John and Val — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:59:00 GMT

Widespread in desert areas, this little plant looks confused about which way is up. Low, tufted shrub, growing to about 0.6 m high. The leaves are reduced leaving the much-branched, greyish coloured stems to carry out photosynthesis. The red pea flowers are clustered around the base of the plant. Grows in red sand and loam, on sandplains and dunes.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Leptosema Species: chambersii Main Flower Colour: Red

Vanilla Orchid

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:06:00 GMT

Herbaceous perennial growing to about 20cm high. Distinctive yellow flowers, buds are pink.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Thelymitra Species: antennifera Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Variable Prickly Grevillea

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:51:00 GMT

Prickly shrub with holly-like leaves that are whitish on the underside. Grows mostly in heathlands.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: aquifolium Main Flower Colour: Red

Velvet Wattle, Wyberba Wattle

Member - John and Val — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:37:00 GMT

A rare wattle is this small erect or spreading tree or shrub. It grows to to about 8 m high and has fissured, dark grey bark. Phyllodes are silvery grey-green and tapering at either end, up to 10 cm long, 8–30 mm wide. May be hairy or smooth with 3 or more longitudinal veins. Flowerheads are cylindrical, 2–5 cm long, bright yellow with 1 or 2 in the axil of phyllodes. Seed pods are straight and flat but raised over the seeds.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: pubifolia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Verticordia acerosa

John Baas — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:06:00 GMT

Open shrub, 0.2-1(-1.7) m high. Fl. yellow/orange-red-brown, Aug to Nov. White or yellow sand, sandy gravel, stony loam, laterite. Granite outcrops, hills, sandplains, clay flats, damp depressions.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: acerosa Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Verticordia chrysantha

John Baas — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:44:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy gravelly soils, deep yellow sand. Undulating plains.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: chrysantha Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Verticordia pennigera

John Baas — Tue, 12 May 2015 06:44:00 GMT

Erect or prostrate shrub, 0.2 to 0.6 m high. Fl. pink, Jan or Mar to Apr or Jul or Sep to Dec. Sandy or clay, often gravelly soils. Often associated with granitic rocks.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: pennigera Main Flower Colour: Pink

Verticordia polytricha - Northern cauliflower

Cienne — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:08:00 GMT

A small compact bush with masses of small, white flowers. Growing in gravelly/sandy soil.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: polytricha Main Flower Colour: White

Victorian Smokebush

Member - John and Val — Sat, 17 May 2014 08:39:00 GMT

WA is not the only state to have smokbush. This one is found in the south east of the country. It grows to one or 2 metres tall, and has long thin leaves up to 20cm long. Small white flowers are in clusters at the end of the upright stems.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Conospermum Species: mitchellii Main Flower Colour: White

Waddy Wood

Maureen C — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:03:00 GMT

To 10m high with wispy to dense pendulous branches resembling casuarinas. Young trees have stiff foliage with sharp points, probably as a defence against browsers.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: peuce Main Flower Colour: Cream

Waddywood

Member - John and Val — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 02:52:00 GMT

Acacia peuce is only found in 3 locations, all within the arid zone of the Simpson and Strzelecki desert. Mature trees slowly reach a height of about 10-15m. They have long narrow, drooping grey green phyllodes. The canopy is spreading. Bark is rough, dark grey. Juvenile trees have an upright form and have very prickly foliage. Flowers are pale yellow, arranged in small rounded heads. Seed pods are large and flattened, up to 20 cm long and 4cm wide. Seeds are large. The wood is hard, dense and heavy.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: peuce Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Wallflower or Finger Flower

Helen and Bruce — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:13:00 GMT

Small open shrub to .3m in height. Indigenous to South Aust.,Vic. ,NSW and Qld
Family: Pittosporaceae Genus: Cheiranthera Species: alternifolia Main Flower Colour: Blue

Waratah

Member - John and Val — Fri, 30 May 2014 05:28:00 GMT

The official floral emblem for the State of NSW. Shrubs with 1 or a few erect, slender, stems to 3m high, arising from a woody underground lignotuber. Stems often do not branch. Adult leaves 8–28 cm long, 20–65 mm wide usually with a toothed margin. Flower heads form at the end of the stems, Each head is made up of 90–250 individual flowers and the whole head is surrounded by bright red bracts 5–9 cm long. Flowers at the base of the flower head open first. Nectar in the flowers attracts pygmy possums, birds and insects. Waratahs usually grow as an understory shrub in open forest on sandy soils in areas with moderately high rainfall.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Telopea Species: speciosissima Main Flower Colour: Red

Warty Hammer Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 03:09:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Drakaea Species: livida Main Flower Colour: Other

Wax Lip Orchid

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:47:00 GMT

Small ground orchid, usually one or two flowers on a slender stalk. Common in forested areas on well drained soil.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Glossodia Species: major Main Flower Colour: Purple

Wedding Bush

Member - John and Val — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 03:43:00 GMT

Brilliant white flowers about 2cm across cover this coastal shrub in spring. Wedding Bush grows in deep sand close to the coast where it can tolerate strong salt and sand laden winds. Its stark white flowers make a stunning contrast to other flowering shrubs in coastal heath.
Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Ricinocarpos Species: megalocarpus Main Flower Colour: White

Wedge-leaved Dryandra

Member - Tony S (WA) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:37:00 GMT

This shrub grows up to 1.5m tall and has creamy flowers that are up to 4cm across. It range is from Albany to Esperance and Northward to the Stirling's and Lake Grace. This plant was found flowering in March this year on the slopes of Mt. Trio in the Stirling Range. It is not the first time I have found plants flowering out of season in this area. Was previously called Dryandra obovata
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: obvata Main Flower Colour: Cream

Weeping Gum, Weeping Mallee

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:27:00 GMT

A slender gum with minimal foliage and a strongly weeping habit. Grows on rocky exposed slopes in the Fitzgerald River NP. Flowers are small, fruits large, urn shaped. Bark smooth.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: sepulcralis Main Flower Colour: Cream

Weir Vine

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:58:00 GMT

Climber, to 6 m high. Fl. purple-blue-pink, Jan to Jun. Red sandy & clayey soils, pebbly loam. Undulating plains, dunes, hardpans.
Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Ipomoea Species: calobra Main Flower Colour: Pink

Wells' Dampiera

Sharon G — Sun, 25 May 2014 07:26:00 GMT

Tufted perennial, herb, 0.05-0.25(-0.4) m high, leaves glabrous. Fl. blue, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy & clayey soils, gravel, laterite. Undulating plains
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Dampiera Species: wellsiana Main Flower Colour: Blue

Western coolibah

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:27:00 GMT

Evergreen tree 6–20 m high, usually crooked or irregular, 30–100 cm in diameter. Bark gray or brackish, thick, fibrous, rough, not shedding. Leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, 6–20 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, acuminate apically, basally acute, not entire, glabrous, slightly thick, leathery, dull green, slightly paler underneath. Panicles mostly near ends of twigs, short, branched with slightly angled slender stalks ending in umbels of 3–7 short stalked fragrant flowers. Flowers very small, the bud 4–6 mm long. Stamens many, spreading, white, short, 3–4 mm long, anthers rounded with small round gland. Pistil with inferior 3–4-celled ovary and stout style. Capsules short-stalked, hemiglobose or turbinate, very small, 3–4.5 mm long and wide. Seeds many, tiny, 2 mm long, blackish (Little, 1983).
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus Species: microtheca Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Whirrakee Wattle (Acacia williamsonii)

Lindsay H — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:03:00 GMT

Very decorative shrub with a neat rounded or obconic shape and a profusion of bright golden inflorescences in the upper axils.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: williamsonii Main Flower Colour: Yellow

White Fairy

graeme w9 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:16:00 GMT

Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: marginata Main Flower Colour: White

White Goodenia

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:09:00 GMT

A low, spreading herb to 25cm high with bright blue green leaves. Flowers are white with a touch of brown. Grows in grasslands and woodlands, and is widespread although not common in the Mid North, and is often mistaken for a weed.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Goodenia Species: albiflora Main Flower Colour: White

White Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:17:00 GMT

An undescribed subspecies of Caladenia longicauda.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: longicauda Main Flower Colour: White

White Spider Orchid

Member - John and Val — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:27:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. One photo is of the Common White Spider Orchid, Caladenia longicauda, the second filmed only meters away has thicker calli and longer petals. The second may be a hybrid but I doubt it as there were lots of both. These are single plants sometimes growing closely together where as up the road the supposedly same variety is growing in clumps.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: longicauda Main Flower Colour: Other

Wickhams Grevillea

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:48:00 GMT

Large shrub up to 5m high. Grey-green leaves up to 8cm long, with several sharp teeth or spines. Widespread over large parts of northern Australia.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: wickhamii subsp. aprica Main Flower Colour: Red

Wild Kapok

Member - John and Val — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:18:00 GMT

Brilliant yellow flowers are a standout on this small tree to about 5meteres tall. Flowers occur when the tree bare - it is deciduous in the dry season (ie winter months). Smooth grey bark. The flowers are about 10cm across and have bright red stamens.
Family: Bixaceae Genus: Cochlospermum Species: gillivraei Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Wild Parsley, wild parsnip

Member - John and Val — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 03:39:00 GMT

A splash of colour in the desert - erect annual herb to 60 cm high, sometimes with a perennial rootstock; smooth stems sparingly branched. Leaves mostly towards the base of the plant, 3–5-lobed or deeply dissected. Flowers are bisexual or male, arranged in globular heads. Petals 1.6–1.9 mm long, blue turning white.
Family: Araliaceae Genus: Trachymene Species: glaucifolia Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Wild Parsnip

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:35:00 GMT

Erect annual herb to 60 cm high, sometimes with a perennial rootstock; stems sparingly branched, glabrous. Leaves mostly towards the base of the plant, 3–5-lobed to dissected, lamina ovate in outline, 2–5 cm long, 3–5 cm wide; segments linear to elliptic, 1–7 mm wide; glabrous to sparsely hairy; petiole 3.5–10.5 c, long. Umbels 10–25 mm diam. in flower, 20–30 mm diam. in fruit, 80–120 flowered; peduncle 2–12 cm long with glandular hairs at the base, subtended by leaf-like bracts becoming sessile and tri-fid. Bracts 15–18, 4–9 mm long. Flowers bisexual or male. Petals 1.6–1.9 mm long, blue turning white. Ovary unilocular, glabrous or glandular hairy. Fruit semicircular, 4.5–5.5 mm long, brown; consisting of only one mericarp. Mericarps 3.9–5.5 mm wide, weakly to strongly papillate; the papillae terminated by glandular trichomes, often breaking off.
Family: Araliaceae Genus: Trachymene Species: glaucifolia Main Flower Colour: White

Wild Tobacco

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:39:00 GMT

We found this Nicotiana growing inside a small cave - almost a cave dwelling plant. It favours growing in rocky places like rocky hills, cliffs & outcrops. It has soft broad leaves with irregular margins. Leaves have a few hairs, are sticky and pungent smelling. White 5-petalled flowers are solitary in the upper leaf axils.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Nicotiana Species: benthamiana Main Flower Colour: White

Wild Tobacco or Rosetted Tobacco

coley62 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:35:00 GMT

Family: Solanaceae Genus: Nicotiana Species: rosulata Main Flower Colour: White

Wild Tomato

Member - John and Val — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 07:44:00 GMT

Rounded shrub growing to about 1.5m tall. Prickles up to 1cm long on stems only. All parts covered with short dense hairs that can be silvery or rusty colour. Succulent fruits are pale coloured when ripe. Flowers up to 2.5cm across. Grows on red sand, clay, loamy & skeletal soils, sandplains & dunes, rocky hills & outcrops, gullies.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: orbiculatum Main Flower Colour: Purple

Wills' Desert Fuchsia

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:22:00 GMT

Erect, spreading or straggly shrub, 0.45-2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, May or Jul to Nov. Red sand. Sand dunes.
Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Eremophila Species: willsii Main Flower Colour: Purple

Winged Wattle

John Baas — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:16:00 GMT

Shrub, 0.3-2.1 m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow/pink, Apr to Dec. Variety of soils. Near water, rocky hills, breakaways, salt pans, clay flats.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: alata Main Flower Colour: White

Winter Donkey Orchid

Barry H12 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:07:00 GMT

Common early flowering donkey Orchid 200-500mm Two to three basal leaves, up to 15 yellow and brown flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Diuris Species: brumalis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Woolly Head Mat Rush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:38:00 GMT

Grass like perennial forb 20-80cm tall. Leaves basal, with a sheath at the base, 20-80cm long, 1.5-5mm wide, flat. Male and female flowers on different plants. Fragrant flowers. Flowers white to cream, with 6 ‘petals’ (only 3 obvious). Flower heads spherical, ovoid, or cylindrical (female flowers), along and/or at the top of flowering stems arising from the base of the plant.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Lomandra Species: robusta Main Flower Colour: Cream

Woolly Mat-rush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:39:00 GMT

Perennial tussock, small to robust; rhizomes ascending. Leaves flat, rigid, coarsely veined, 20–60 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide; apex acute to rounded; sheath margins white or orange-brown. Inflorescence shorter than leaves, entire or in ± globose segments; pedicels embedded among hairs of modified bracts, male 1–3 mm long, female 1 mm long. Male and female flowers similar, sweetly scented. Tepals to 7 mm long, cream-coloured. Stamens inserted at top of tepal tube.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Lomandra Species: leucocephala Main Flower Colour: Cream

Woolly Rice-flower

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:35:00 GMT

Shrub 0.4–1 m high. Young stems densely hairy. Leaves alternate or sometimes subopposite, shortly petiolate, ±narrowly elliptic, with long white hairs on both surfaces when young, concolorous, silvery or medium green to dark bluish green; lamina 4–20 mm long, 1–5.5 mm wide. Inflorescence usually pendulous, compact, with 25 or more flowers; involucral bracts 6–12, ±narrowly ovate, usually 8–12 mm long and 2.5–4 mm wide, densely hairy, leaf-like in colour. Flowers bisexual or female, glabrous at extreme base outside, densely hairy above, cream to pale yellow. Hypanthium 11–14 mm long, circumscissile; ovary-portion with antrorse hairs; style-portion 8.5–11 mm long, with long and short spreading hairs outside, hairy inside. Sepals 2.5–4.5 mm long, glabrous inside. Stamens shorter than sepals; anther locules introrse. Ovary distally hairy. Extends from the Eyre Peninsula, S.A., south-east to the Mornington Peninsula, Vic. Usually occurs in sandy soil. Flowers mainly Aug.–Feb. Map.
Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: octophylla Main Flower Colour: Cream

Woolly Sunray

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:51:00 GMT

Erect annual, herb, 0.1-0.45 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Red sand, lateritic pebbly soils. Dunes, sandplains.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Leucochrysum Species: stipitatum Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Woollybush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 05:10:00 GMT

Woollybush grows as an upright, spreading shrub, but can be a small tree up to 5 m tall. It has erect branches that are covered in short hairs when young. Leaves may be up to 4cm long, and repeatedly divide by threes into from 5 to 50 narrow sections giving a soft feathery appearanace. Flowers are red, and occur alone or in small groups, hidden within the foliage at the end of branches. Each red, tubular flower is about 3cm long, hairy on the outside but smooth and hairless inside. The style is about 4cm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: sericeus Main Flower Colour: Red

Wreath Flower

B1B2 — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 04:32:00 GMT

Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Lechenaultia Species: macrantha Main Flower Colour: Pink

Xanthosia tomentosa

Cienne — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:46:00 GMT

Family: Apiaceae Genus: Xanthosia Species: tomentosa Main Flower Colour: White

Yacca

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:36:00 GMT

Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata is endemic to South Australia and occurs from St Vincent Gulf to the northern Mt Lofty Ranges. It is found on ridge tops, rocky outcrops and steep slopes of the Mt Lofty and Flinders Ranges. There is no variation recorded for this species. Plants flower in autumn – winter and set seed in spring – summer. Fruits turn brown on maturity and are dehiscent. Seeds are knocked out (gently) from each spike, and as they spill out of the open values are captured onto stretched out material or some other purpose-built container. No pre-treatment appears necessary for successfully germination of Xanthorrhoea seed. Seed is sown from early spring, for planting out the following winter and incorporated into direct seed programs.
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Genus: Xanthorrhoea Species: quadrangulata Main Flower Colour: White

Yam Daisy

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:52:00 GMT

Perennial herb to 40 cm high with fleshy tuberous roots. Leaves all basal, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 4–30 cm long, 2–15 mm wide, apex acute, base tapered, toothed with teeth pointing downwards, lamina glabrous, dark olive green with prominent midvein. Heads nodding until mature, usually 15–20 mm diam.; outer bracts 2- or 3-seriate, broad-lanceolate, appressed, 3–7 mm long; inner bracts 2-seriate, narrow-lanceolate, 16–24 mm long. Ray florets bright to pale yellow, 15–25 mm long. Achenes 8–10 mm long, 10-ribbed, glabrous to minutely pubescent; pappus 10–12 straw-coloured scales
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Microseris Species: lanceolata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Yawning Leek Orchid.

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:08:00 GMT

Photo by Graeme W. An unusual one in that it should only flower after summer fire but there has been no fire where I found this. Prasophyllum hians, the Yawning Leek Orchid. Can be common after summer fire throughout the south west of WA.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Prasophyllum Species: hians Main Flower Colour: White

Yellow Conesticks

Member - John and Val — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:34:00 GMT

An attractive, erect shrub with perfumed flowers that grows up to about 1 m tall. Branchlets and leaves smooth. Leaves simple, ending in a pungent (sharp) point. Inflorescence (flowerhead) rounded, terminal, sessile and completely surrounded by smooth involucral bracts. Fragrant flowers are each about 3cm long, yellow or creamy yellow. The 4 petals are covered with short silky hairs. Pollen presenter, about 5 mm long, dark orange, covered with short, distinct, spreading, hairs. Cones ovoid, about 15 mm long. Occurs from Mullewa to Eneabba and south to around Watheroo, W.A. Grows in low closed heath in deep sand and clay loam, in sand-heaths, in low open heath in shallow, grey sand over laterite and in shrubland in laterite.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Petrophile Species: megalostegia Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Yellow Feather Flower

Member - John and Val — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:56:00 GMT

A small shrub to 50cm with small almost succulent leaves. Growing in sandy or gravelly soil in heathland. Common in places.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: nobilis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Yellow Featherflower

Member - John and Val — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 04:12:00 GMT

Small shrub to 0.5m growing in sandy or gravelly soil. Abundant bright yellow flowers in spring, flowers darkening as they age. Each flower has feathery calyx lobes.
Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Verticordia Species: nobilis Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Yellow Lantern Banksia or Lemann's Banksia

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:37:00 GMT

Most Banksias have flower heads that grow upwards. This one and a few others are unusual in that the flower heads hang down. Grows as an open shrub or a small tree to 5 m in height, with a spreading habit.The stiff leaves are narrowly wedge-shaped or more oval and measure 3 to 9 cm in length by 1.2–3.5 cm wide. The leaf margins are serrated. Unlike those of most other banksias, the cylindrical inflorescences hang down from branchlets. They are about 10 cm long and 8cm in diameter. Flowers are green-yellow in colour and smell of honey, and drip large amounts of nectar.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: lemanniana Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Yellow Lechenaultia

Member - John and Val — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:00:00 GMT

Loose, sprawling, soft shrub to 2m. Growing in sand beside road. Flowers pink and creamy yellow.
Family: Goodeniaceae Genus: Lechenaultia Species: linarioides Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Yellow Microcybe

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:33:00 GMT

An uncommon dwarf shrub to 60cm high with scaly branches.
Family: Rutaceae Genus: Microcybe Species: pauciflora Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Yellow Spider Orchid

Barry H12 — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:49:00 GMT

Common widespread orchid. Grows to 150-350mm in height Single erect hairy leaf Pale yellow to greenish flowers
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: denticulata Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Zebra Orchid

Member - John and Val — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:34:00 GMT

A small ground orchid growing to about 20cm tall. The flower is small with a distinctive striped labellum that also has a mass of dark calli. Petals and dorsal sepals turn downwards. Grows in open woodland. It is found in isolated areas over the whole southwest of WA.
Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Caladenia Species: cairnsiana Main Flower Colour: Red