All Wildflowers

Cape spider orchid

Photo by Graeme W. This yellow orchid is the cape spider, the very rare Caladenia caesarea.

Carbunup King Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W. The Carbunup King Spider Orchid , Caladenia procera, a quite rare orchid found in a small area of the Dunsborough area

Carousel Orchid

Catspaw - Anigozanthos humilis subsp. humilis

Low growing in sandy/gravelly soil. Rich rusty-orange and yellow colouring.

Cattle Bush

Erect annual or perennial herb to c. 1 m high, smooth to hispid; taproot well-developed. Basal leaves opposite, becoming alternate up stem; lamina linear-oblong to narrow-ovate, 3.5–10.5 cm long,

Cauliflower Hakea

Dense prickly foliage and flowers packed tight as in a cauliflower marks this unusual Hakea. Its not the most attractive Hakea, but one of the more distinctive ones. It grows to about one metre high.

Caustic Vine

Members of the genus Sarcostemma are known as climbing milkweeds or caustic bushes. They are found across Africa and tropical Asia, in Australia, and in parts of North America.

Cayley's Banksia

Bushy, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-2 m high. Fl. red/pink & cream, Oct to Dec. White sand, gravel, sandy clay. Plains.

Chamelaucium pauciflorum

Erect to spreading shrub, 0.3-1.4 m high. Fl. white-pink, Aug to Oct. Grey or yellow sand, lateritic gravel. Sandplains, ridges, lateritic rises.

Chapmans spider orchid

Chapmans Spider Orchid Caladenia chapmanii comes in different colour forms from nearly white through to this one - nearly purple. Photo by Graeme W.

Cherry spider orchid.

Photo by Graeme W.

Coastal Spider Orchid

Late flowering Spider Orchid Grows to 200 - 300mm Spreading Petals and lateral sepals Declared Priority Flora in WA Coastal Habitation

Coastal Wattle

Dense shrub or tree (rarely), 0.8-4(-7) m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan to May. White/grey sand. Coastal sand dunes & limestone.

Cockies Tongues

Much-branched shrub, 0.3-4 m high. Fl. red/white-yellow, Apr to Nov. White sand, red clay, brown and white gravel, limestone. Plateaus, coastal cliffs, hillsides, road verges.

Common Cassinia or Dogwood

This bushy understorey shrub is common in dry forests, particularly in disturbed areas. The narrow leaves are dark green on top and pale below and have a slightly scaly texture,

Cow Kicks

Trigger Plants

Cowslip Orchid

Flowers about 2cm across. Petals with bright orange/red spots. One or two furry leaves. Often flowering in colonies.

Cowslip Orchid Hybrid

Very common throughout WA. This is a hybrid type. Grows in dense colonies and is a hybrid between cowslip (C flava) and pink fairies (C. latifolia).

Creamy Candles

Glabrous perennial, with spikes of creamy-white flowers on erect stems. Grows to 35cm tall with a tufted habit.

Creek Wilga

Glabrous resinous shrub or small tree to 7 m high, branches non-tuberculate. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 7–20 cm long, 4.5–14 mm wide, apex attenuate, margins entire or rarely toothed,

Creeping Brookweed

Herb with stems erect to creeping, 5–60 cm long; stems usually wrinkled or warty. Cauline leaves 2–8 mm wide. Flowers in leafy racemes, terminal or subterminal; floral bract ± leaf-like,

Creeping Mulla Mulla

Prostrate creeper. Leaves oval to lance shaped. Flower heads made of many small flowers. The heads have a fluffy appearance due to feathery bracts surrounding the small flowers.

Crimson Spider Orchid

Crimson Turkey Bush

Shrub, (0.3-)0.8-3 m high. Fl. red-pink-blue-cream, Apr to Oct. Stony red clay, loam or sandy soils over sandstone, granite, ironstone. Gibber plains, rocky ridges & hillslopes, creeklines.