All Wildflowers

Rough Halgania

Rough Spider-flower - Kangaroo Island Endemic

Low spreading shrub 0.3–1.0 m tall. Leaves entire, narrowly oblong to sublinear-subterete, usually plump, 0.2–1.7 cm long, 1.0–2.1 mm wide; margins revolute; upper surface muricate; lower surface

Rough-leaved Ghost Gum

Smooth white bark and rough almost sandpaper-textured leaves are distinctive features of this beautiful tree of desert areas. The mature crown of these trees is made up of juvenile-type leaves that

Round-fruit Banksia

Low shrub to 1.5m. Leaves narrow, edges rolled under, about 3cm long. Flower spikes change colour as flowers mature - from pale green/yellow, to mauve and purple to brown.

Rounded Noon-flower

A common sight in sandy hollows, on limestone, saltlakes and clay flood plains, as well as in coastal areas. Disphyma has rounded leaves that root at the nodes,

Royal Hakea

Leaves that glow in the sunlight crown this royal gem. Grows to 2-3 metres in height. The large stiff leaves enclose a cluster of cream or pinkish flowers. The leaves darken with age.

Royal Hakea

Tall shrub, 6ft high, large stiff multicoloured leaves.

Ruby Saltbush

Hemispherical shrubby perennial to c. 1 m high. Branches glabrous to hairy. Leaves semiterete, succulent, to c. 15 mm long, glabrous to shortly hairy. Fruit 5–8 mm diam., green, yellow,

Running Postman

Prostrate or twining herb; stems ± whitish pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ± circular, rarely broad-obovate, mostly 0.6–2.4 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide, margins undulate,

Running Postman, Scarlet Runner

A scrambling ground cover with bright red flowers in spring, a vine that does not climb.

Rosella

Annual shrub, 1.5 m high

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.

Showy Dryandra

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

Shrubby Velvet-Bush

Wiry shrub to 2.5m tall. Stems and new shoots covered with rusty red hairs. Flowers are crowded in clusters. Calyx lobes are speckled outside with star shaped (stellate) hairs, smooth and pale inside.

Southern Blechnum Banksia

The Southern Blechnum Banksia is a prostrate spreading shrub with horizontal stems and fern-like leathery leaves that give the plant its specific name.

Southern Cross

Xanthosia rotundifolia is an erect or sprawling perennial herb growing 60cm high and spreading about 1m wide. Its common name, Southern Cross,

Spider Orchid hybrid

This orchid is a cross between the Giant spider orchid ( C. excelsa ) and Scott River Spider Orchid (C. thinicola ). It ranges from Yallingup to Karridale and is found in deep sandy soils amongst low

Spider Orchid Hybrid

Photos by Graeme W. A hybrid Caladenia. This is a cross between the Sandplain Spider Orchid (C. speciosa) and the Tuart Spider Orchid (C. georgei),

Spider Orchid Hybrid

Photo by Graeme W. Another hybrid Caladenia, this time a cross between sandplain (C. speciosa) and the grand spider orchid (C. huegelii) .

Spiked Sourbush

Shrub 1–2 m tall; branches erect. Stems finely striate, terete; flowering branchlets 1.5–2.5 mm diam., the internodes short. Leaves triangular, alternate, appressed, 1.5–2.5 mm long; apex weak, dry,

Spinifex (Triodia)

Spiny Mintbush

IN NSW Prostanthera spinosa is an aromatic, scrambling, prostrate shrub, to 0.5 metres high. It is erect and reaches up to 2 metres in Victoria and South Australia.

Spiny Wattle

Much-branched, erect shrub mostly 0.5–1 m high. Branchlets rigid, terete, striated by rather prominent yellow ribs, green, grey-green or subglaucous between ribs, glabrous, spinose.

Splendid Everlasting

Annual herb to about 50cm high. Leaves up to 3cm long. Flower heads about 5cm across. Flowers which may be white, cream, pink or yellow form after rain.