Marble Gum
Boab or Adansonia
Sturt's Desert pea
Gidgee or Stinking Wattle
Green Bird Flower or Rattlepod
Red Lechenaultia
Macrozamia dyeri or Zamia Palm
Sundew
native pea, orange
Rainbow sun dew
Dotted Sun Orchid
Flannel Flower
Waratah
Honeysuckle Oak or Spider Flower, Desert Grevillea
Kangaroo Paw - Yellow
kangaroo paw
Coast Banksia, White Honeysuckle
Photo by Graeme W.
One of our lovely sun orchids that flowers early in the year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. white, Jun to Oct. Sandy soils over laterite or limestone.
grows in numerous places in cooler damp climates. Usna molliuscula
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,
Grows to 200-400mm Wide opening flowers Egg shaped labellum Up to 20 White, Green and Brown flowers
Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.15 m high. Fl. pink, Jul to Sept. Sand, loam, gravel, laterite, granite. Open jarrah, wandoo woodland.
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.
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.
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 ,
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.
Straggly, prickly shrub with wiry branches. Narrow leaves ending in a sharppoint.
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.
Tentative Identification. Spindly, small branched shrub to 1.5 m with leaves 4-6cm long.
Small tufted perennial with long strap-like leaves.
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.
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,
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,
native pea Daviesia latifolia