Marble Gum
Boab or Adansonia
Sturt's Desert pea
Gidgee or Stinking Wattle
Red Lechenaultia
native pea, orange
Green Bird Flower or Rattlepod
Flannel Flower
Dotted Sun Orchid
kangaroo paw
Kangaroo Paw - Yellow
Rainbow sun dew
lichen
Macrozamia dyeri or Zamia Palm
Waratah
yellowdrumsticks
Mountain Devil
Sundew
pink flannel flower
A large desert gum reaching over 20m high. Bark smooth throughout, white, shedding in brownish short ribbons or in small polygonal flakes. Leaves are dull green 4 - 6cm long, 1-2cm wide.
Families of boabs march across the Kimberley landscape, slim youngsters, sturdy middle aged ones, stout grandparents . Boabs grow into a large tree with swollen bottle shaped trunk.
A spreading vine that can vary in size and habit, with large plants sometimes standing semi-erect, up to 1m tall. Germinates and flowers rapidly after rain. Colour variants are sometimes found.
A very slow growing gnarled small tree of desert areas growing to about 8m. Heartwood is heavy, dark red and durable though will be attacked by termites. Phyllodes are grey-green 6-8cm long.
This was the only one of these I found during a long trip covering hundreds of km's in WA. I was hooning along the Nullarbor when a flash of red caught my eye - this plant! Stunning!
native pea Daviesia latifolia
The distinctive bird-like shape of the flowers (the flower stalk is the bird's beak) give this desert plant its common name. Flowers are a greenish-yellow colour with prominent stripes on the larger
common in NSW national parks in Sydney and Blue Mountains areas
Dotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides
found growing at Gin Gin Cemetary in WA
Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus
Rainbow sun dew Drosera auriculata
grows in numerous places in cooler damp climates. Usna molliuscula
These ancient plants were abundant when dinosaurs were here. Macrozamia dyeri is a palm-like plant (but not a palm) with a short stout trunk above ground, reaching a diameter of 1 metre or more,
Blue Mountains region
drumsticks - Isopogon anemonifolius
Lambertia formosa, Blue Mountains National Park (Blackheath)
Small insectivorous plant. Traps small insects by means of sticky hairs on the rosette of red leaves. Grows in damp places.
rare!- only blooms precisely one year after a catastrophic fire event 'and' given the right soil and weather conditions. Only found in Lithgow (Dobbs Drift lookout) and Blackheath (Narrow Neck)
Caladeni longicauda Stirling Ranges National Park
a spectacular gum nut of Northern Territory
Protea Pink Ice Protea neriifolia
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