All Wildflowers

Poached Egg Daisy

After rain desert areas burst into life, with these everlasting daisies leading the charge. Previously named Myriocephalus stuartii. Grows on sand. Annual to about 50cm,

Poached Egg Daisy,

The Poached egg daisy is one of the most abundant and conspicuous plants on sand plains and dunefields during good seasons. It is a stout, erect herb of 10-50 cm in height.

Poison Morning Glory

Spreading creeper, dark green heart shaped leaves, purple/mauve/pink flowers that are funnel shaped and 7 or 8cm across.

Polygala orbicularis

Annual, herb, 0.04-0.2 m high. Fl. blue-white, Apr to May. Clayey sand. Pool edges, swamps, sandstone outcrops.

Pop flower - Glischrocaryon flavescens

Low growing plant with narrow leaves and clusters of cream flowers. About 50cm high. Growing in sandy/gravelly soil in Kalbarri National Park, W.A.

Poverty Bush

Erect, open shrub, (0.5-)1-4(-5) m high. Fl. white/cream-yellow/red-pink-purple, Jun to Dec or Jan to Mar. Frequently on red or stony soils. Variety of habitats.

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.

Prickly Dryandra

A yellow pom-pom type flower protected by long narrow prickly leaves.

Prickly Guinea Flower

Low prickly shrub between 30 - 50cm high. It has narrow leaves tapering from a sharp point. Flowers are yellow and 5 petalled.

Plumed Featherflower

Shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. pink-blue-purple-red-white, Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sandy or clayey soils, gravel, granite. Seasonally wet situations, rock outcrops, undulating plains, hills,

Nodding greenhood Orchid

Native Stock

Annual to 50 cm high, erect, with sessile, stalked-stellate or irregularly branched hairs. Basal leaves to 12 cm long; stem leaves reducing to entire, sessile. Sepals to 7 mm long.

Newcastelia cephalantha

Much-branched shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high. Fl. white-purple, Jun to Oct. Red sandy soils. Sandplains, dunes.

Leaping Spider Orchid

It is identified by its leaping posture.

Leaping Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.

Lemon Scented Sun Orchid

One of our lovely sun orchids that flowers early in the year.

Lepidium pedicellosum

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.3-1 m high, plants glabrous or sometimes hairy, leaves petiolate, never stem-clasping. Fl. white, May to Oct. Stony soils. Rocky hillsides & creeks.

Lesser Bottlebrush

One of only two 'true' bottlebrushes in WA. Tall to small tree or shrub, 1-6 m high. Fl. red, Sep to Dec or Jan. Sandy soils, laterite. Often along watercourses.

Leucopogon

Straggly, prickly shrub with wiry branches. Narrow leaves ending in a sharppoint.

Leucopogon polymorphus

Shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. white, Jun to Oct. Sandy soils over laterite or limestone.

lichen

grows in numerous places in cooler damp climates. Usna molliuscula

Lignum

A familiar sight across floodplains and wetlands in inland Australia is the multi-stemmed dense and tangled shrub commonly known as Lignum. Plants vary greatly in size,

Little Leek Orchid

Grows to 200-400mm Wide opening flowers Egg shaped labellum Up to 20 White, Green and Brown flowers

Leafless Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.