All Wildflowers

Holly-leaved Banksia

Erect tree or shrub, to 12 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. red/orange/yellow/cream, Jan to Dec. White or grey sand, black sandy loam, limestone, granite, quartz.

Erodiophyllum elderi - Hard Heads

Perennial woody forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, 4-10cm long, 20-30mm wide, flat, hairy to bristly, deeply lobed, the lobes toothed. Flower heads with 15-25 violet to purple,

Eremophila gilesii

Eremophila gilesii is a small, spreading shrub to about 1 metre high by 2 metres across. The leaves are somewhat hairy, up to 60 mm long by 3 mm wide and linear to narrowly elliptical in shape.

Eremophila

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.

Erect yellow heads

Annual herb, stems erect, 5–30 cm long, nearly glabrous to cottony. Leaves lanceolate to linear, 4–34 mm long, c. 0.5–4 mm wide, midrib ± prominent on lower surface, glabrous to cottony,

Honey Bush

Erect to sprawling, pungent, ?lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-1.5(-3) m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow/pink, May to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand, sandy loam, granitic soils, laterite.

Emu Bush

Flowers creamy white, some with a pinkish tinge. Leaves long and round in cross section. Small shrub to 2m.

Hopbush

Forget flowers, its the colourful seed pods that look a bit like hops used to flavour beer that make these plants distinctive. Much branched, dense low shrub to 1m high.

Red Toothbrushes

This aptly named Grevillea is a large bushy shrub commonly between 3-4 metres in height. The slender upright foliage is a silvery green to 15 cm in length and may be undivided or dissected.

Slender Banksia

Lignotuberous tree or shrub, 0.4-10 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. White, yellow, brown or pale red sand, sometimes over laterite. Sand dunes, sandplains.

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.

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,

Eucalyptus erythrocorys

this tree has the most spectacular on-fire orange-red pods

Frankenia cinerea

Shrub, 0.1-0.3(-0.45) m high. Fl. white & pink, Aug to Oct. White/grey sand, laterite, clay. Salt lakes & pans, breakaways.

Rough Halgania

Frail Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W. Another of our very rare orchids , the Frail Spider Orchid, Caladenia uliginosa.

Flying Duck Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.

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.

Fleshy Groundsel or Annual Yellowtop

Erect, fleshy annual, herb, to 1 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Oct. Red or brown or white-grey clay, red sands or loams, laterite, sandstone. Flats, dunes, depressions, saline sites, clay pans,

Silver Tails

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

Hemigenia

A compact shrub bearing purple flowers.

Flannel Flower

common in NSW national parks in Sydney and Blue Mountains areas

Rock Isotome

Tucked in among rocks, where there is shelter and moisture. Erect, spreading annual or perennial, herb with toothed soft leaves, (0.1-)0.2-0.6(-1) m high. Fl. blue/blue-purple, Feb to Nov.