All Wildflowers

Blue Lechenaultia

The bluest of all wild flowers.

Perenjori Spider Orchid hybrid

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

Kangaroo Apple

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,

Hemigenia pachyphylla

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.

Coppercups

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.

Grassy Bindweed

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,

Curly Pink-bells - Kangaroo Island Endemic

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,

Hop Goodenia

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.

Narrow leaved Red Mallee

Small tree or mallee up to 8m tall. Bark smooth and ribbony. Leaves narrow and shiny. Juvenile leaves small, rounded and greyish.

Harlequin mistletoe

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,

Narrow Leaved Spyridium

A small shrub with furry branches and narrow leaves. The flowers are white velvety leaves surrounded by tiny yellow flowers.

Mat Heath Mrytle

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,

King in his Carriage orchid

King in his Carriage Drakaea glyptodon, southwest area

Grass Leaved Hakea, Cork Tree, Emu Tree

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.

Drumsticks or Coneflower

Tall shrub to about 2m. Leaves deeply lobed, prickly. Common among heath growing in gravelly sandy soil.

Hybrid Spider Orchid

King in his Carriage Orchid

Grows to 100mm - 350mm in height

Cootamundra Wattle

A large shrub or small tree. Blue-green true leaves. The scientific name of the species honours the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.

Lambtails

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.

Coral Vine

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,

Muntries

Kunzea pomifera Some known Aboriginal names:Munta, ngerp, nurp, nurt (Boanditj), Mantirri (Kaurna). Manter (Ngaiawang), Mantari (Ramindjeri), Mantar (Jaril) Common names Munterberry, Muntries,

Leafless Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.

Leaping Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.

Leafless Bitter-pea

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.