All Wildflowers

Woolly Sunray

Erect annual, herb, 0.1-0.45 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Red sand, lateritic pebbly soils. Dunes, sandplains.

Fuschia bush

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.

Victorian Smokebush

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.

Tea Tree

Smelling sweet ,Tea Tree blossoms blowing like confetti in the wind line the roads of Flinders Island.

Woollybush

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,

Emu Bush

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.

Flying Duck Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.

Tiger Orchid

medium sized orchid growing in coastal heathland in Bridport, Tasmania.

Yawning Leek Orchid.

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.

Yam Daisy

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,

Emu Bush

Low woody shrub. Red flowers. Leaves narrow with a notches appearance to the edges.

Crimson Turkey Bush

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.

Grevillea bronwenae

Slender, erect shrub, 0.5-1.6 m high. Fl. red, Jun to Dec. Grey sand over laterite, lateritic loam. Hillslopes.

Mt Finke Grevillea

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.

Mountain Bells

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.

Slender Fuschia

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.

Slender Onion Orchid

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.

Native Plant

Native Willow, Greenbush

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.

Northern Bee Orchid

Grows up to 200-400mm in height. Two to six basal leaves Up to five pale yellow brown marked flowers

One-sided Bottlebrush

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.

Petrophile sp.

Open shrub with cream flower spikes. Leaves tough with sharp points.

Little Woollybush

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.

Riceflower

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.