All Wildflowers

Resurrection Plant

Just what this plant looks like will depend on weather conditions and time of year. In dry conditions it will appear to be brown and almost dead - after rain it "resurrects" itself as the leaves turn

Eremophila lachnocalyx or Wooly Calyx Eremophila

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.6-2.2 m high, to 3 m wide. Wooly leaves and calyx. Flowers blue-purple, Jun to Sep. Clay, sand, Stony flats & ridges.

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.

Sundew

A trap for unwary insects. Widely distributed through northern Australia in damp areas. Elongated leaves, curled when young, with long sticky hairs.

Showy Dryandra

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

Hop Goodenia

Goodenia is a genus of about 200 species, almost all of which are confined to Australia although a few occur in the islands to the north.

Sturt's Pigface

Hemispherical, divaricate shrub with hairy branches. Leaves terete, subterete or ± flattened, to c. 50 mm long. Flowers pedicellate. Perianth segments triangular, to c.

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.

Harlequin mistletoe

Spreading to pendent shrub, glabrous; external runners absent. Leaves flat or somewhat compressed when very narrow, linear to narrow-oblong, sessile or the wider leaves shortly petiolate,

Grey Guinea-flower

This common species is found in woodlands and forests, and even persists in cleared areas. It is a small shrub growing to about 30cm high.

Sticky Tailflower, Sticky Rayflower

A common sight on rocky headlands along the WA south coast. The Sticky Ray-flower is an upright, dense shrub growing up to 3m high and spreading to 4m across. Leaves are broad,

Lomandra nigricans

Dioecious (separate male and female plants) rhizomatous, caespitose (tufted) perennial, herb, 0.25-0.7 m high. Fl. white, May to Aug. White, grey, yellow or black peaty sand, lateritic soils.

Mantis Orchid, Spider Orchid

Small ground orchid

Spinifex (Triodia)

Golden Wattle

Shrub or small open tree 3m to 8m high. Flowers in spring with large round flower heads on thick stems, flower heads in showy groups (racemes) 15cm long. Pods are flat and almost straight 10cm x 5mm.

Mulla Mulla

Low shrub to 0.5m with narrow leaves. Flower heads on long stalks held well above foliage.

Native Cornflower

Tufted perennial, herb or shrub, 0.05-0.4 m high. Fl. blue, May to Oct. Red sand. Sand dunes, stony hills, sandplains.

Old Man Saltbush

Atriplex nummularia is widespread across much of drylands of central and southern Australia [1]. It extends from the wheatbelt region of Western Australia,

Tufted Bluebell

A vigorous herb with a fleshy, creeping root system. The dark green foliage grows to approximately 30cm tall. Blue bell shaped flowers 15mm across are produced abundantly from Spring to Autumn,

Paper Flower

Thomasia is a genus of thirty relatively unknown Australian species belonging to the family Malvaceae. Plants in this family are usually characterised by having a large,

Parakeelya

A prostrate annual forbs, with erect flower stems. Leaves are basal, succulent ans are linear or wide in either the upper or lower part, with tapered ends,

Pink Indigofera

Prostrate vine. Compound leaves with 3-7 leaflets, covered in short hairs. Dense flowerheads arising in leaf axils.

Pituri Bush

Rounded shrub to 4 m tall and 3 m wide. Leaves narrowly elliptic or ovate-elliptic to linear, sessile (or rarely with petiole to 3 mm long), 2–12 cm long, 1–13 mm wide, concolorous.

Forest Mint

A common species in mountain gullies in the ACT, where it prefers shady places near water. It is a small plant with weak stems. Leaves are about 2cm long with almost entire margins.