All Wildflowers

Reaching Spider Orchid

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,

Purple Pansy Orchid

Prickly Moses

Shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Dec. Sandy soils, clay loam over laterite. Low-lying areas, swamps, near watercourses.

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.

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.

Red Mulga, Creekline Miniritchi

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.

Caladenia sp.

Photo by Graeme W. Unidentified caladenia. The petals are short and held up and are also partly clubbed.

Eremophila punctata

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,

Sand Hibiscus

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.

Sand Hibiscus

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.

Senna artemisioides

Shrub, 0.15-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan or Apr to Nov. Sand, loam, stony or gravelly soils. Variety of habitats.

Senna artemisioides ssp. helmsii - Blunt Leaved Cassia

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.

Showy Dryandra

Common, dense, often columnar shrub to 1.5 m tall with serrated leaves 20 - 25cm long.

Shrubby Bluebush

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.

Silky Purple Flag or Native Iris

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.

Sea Urchin Hakea

Erect shrub or tree, to 9 m high. Fl. pink & cream, Mar to Jul. Loam, granite. Outcrops.

Bossiaea walkeri -Cactus Bossiaea

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.

Silver Tails

Much-branched rounded shrub 70cmx70cm. Silvery-pink hairy pom poms

Simpson Desert Daisy - Yellow Billybutton

Skeleton fanflower

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,

Bonamia erecta

Shrub, to 0.4 m high. Stems, leaves and buds covered with short golden/brown hairs. Flowers white-cream, Jul. Red sand.

Boab or Adansonia

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.

Bluerod

Siloxerus filifolius

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.