All Wildflowers

Prain's Wattle

Erect, bushy shrub or tree, 1-3m high, although sometimes reaching 5m. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Red sand, loam, stony soils.

Chrysocephalum puteale

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.

Nodding greenhood Orchid

Nodding Banksia

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.

Plumed Featherflower

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,

Calytrix

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,

Mint Bush

Shrub with minty aromatic leaves. Grows in sheltered places near rocks or streams.

Emu Bush

Upright tall shrub to 3m. Grows in Sandy or stony soils, alluvium. Colluvial & riverine flats, rocky hills.

Sturt's Desert Pea - unusual colour form

This patch of SDP had pale red to orange petals with a bright pink, pink or whitish "boss" on the standard petal.

Grevillea quercifolia

Straggly to sprawling shrub, 0.3-0.7 m high. Fl. pink/red/purple, Jul to Dec. Sand, loam, often with gravel, laterite

Daisybush

A dense woody shrub growing to about 1m high. small rectangular shaped leaves covered with hairs giving a greyish appearance. Flowerheads about 2cm across.

Floating Pond Weed

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.

Lesser Bottlebrush

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.

Typhonium lillifolium

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.

Grey Swainsona

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.

Wallflower or Finger Flower

Small open shrub to .3m in height. Indigenous to South Aust.,Vic. ,NSW and Qld

Guinea Flower

Low woody shrub. Yellow flowers with five petals, each with a distinctive notch at the outer end. Leaves small and linear.

Desert Fuschia

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.

Hairpin Banksia

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.

Diuris picta

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.

Keraudrenia velutina

Shrub, 0.4-2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Feb to Dec. Variety of soils.

Donkey Orchid

Hakea auriculata

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.

Verticordia chrysantha

Shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy gravelly soils, deep yellow sand. Undulating plains.