All Wildflowers

Wild Tobacco or Rosetted Tobacco

Senna artemisioides

Shrub, 0.15-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan or Apr to Nov. Sand, loam, stony or gravelly soils. Variety of habitats.

Red Parrot Pea

Erect shrub to 0.5 m high; stems pubescent. Leaves linear, usually 3–10 mm long, apex obtuse to acute and often recurved, smooth or rarely minutely tuberculate,

Satin Everlasting

Perennial herb 15–50 cm high with a woody rootstock, branched or unbranched, erect to ascending, ± woolly and with scattered inconspicuous glandular hairs. Leaves narrow-oblanceolate or linear,

Isopogon latifolius

Rounded shrub to 1.5m. Broad leathery leaves about 7cm long, pale blue-green. Conspicuous mauve-pink flower heads.

Gland Flower

Adenanthos terminalis, commonly known as Gland Flower, Yellow Gland Flower or Adenanthos, is a one metre tall shrub in the Proteaceae family. It is found in south eastern regions of Australia,

Floating Pond Weed

Possibly Potamogeton tricarinatus - see ref below - but was photographed at Hidden Secret Rockhole in the Doctor Hicks Rng GVD, which is a long long way outside the known range.

Daisybush

Variable shrub up to 1.5m. Leaves small and rounded.

Dampiera

Low growing spreading soft shrub to 30cm. Small leaves covered with a felt of white hairs.

Dense Clawflower

Ouch Bush

One look at this most unusual pea plant will confirm that the common name is very appropriate - ouch indeed! The swollen succulent leaves are about 2.

Grevillea leptobotrys

Sprawling, prostrate or spreading, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. pink, Jan or Jun to Jul or Sep to Dec. Sandy, gravelly, loamy or clayey soils on laterite or granite.

Olive Grevillia

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-4.5 m high. Fl. red/red-pink, Jun to Sep. White or grey sand. Coastal dunes, limestone rocks. Flowers can be either red or yellow; often on adjacent bushes.

Leucopogon

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

Dolphin Wattle

Triangular, dolphin shaped phyllodes (modified leaf stalks that look like and act as leaves) is the memorable characteristic of this small shrub.

Hooded leaved Hakea (Scallops)

Shrubs, 1–4 m high. Leaves alternate. Grows amongst medium trees, or low trees (heathland); in gravelly soil. Cucullata (L.): cowled or hooded; referring to the leaves of this species.

Erect yellow heads

Annual herb, stems erect, 5–30 cm long, nearly glabrous to cottony. Leaves lanceolate to linear, 4–34 mm long, c. 0.5–4 mm wide, midrib ± prominent on lower surface, glabrous to cottony,

Narrow Leaf Bitter Pea

Broom-like shrub to 2 m high; upper branchlets often leafless. Phyllodes linear, 0–6.5 cm long, 0–5 mm wide, apex tapered to obtuse, base tapered,

Golden Everlasting

Xerochrysum bracteatum, the "Golden Everlasting", is one of the best known of the "paper daisies". It is a very widespread species occurring in both annual and perennial forms.

Flannel Bush

Low woody shrub. Leaves grey and thickly felted with short grey hairs. Sharp spines on stems and calyx.

Mosquito Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.

Moort

Although Moort grows into a small mallee-like tree, the ones that we have seen have been very low growing (in exposed conditions). The bark is smooth, and the leaves are rounded.

Grevillea dielsiana

Prickly shrub to 2m. Leaves deeply lobed, each lobe ending in a sharp point. This plant was a variant on the normally red flowered form.

Common Leafy Greenhood Orchid

Terrestrial orchid. Green labellum with black central stripe. Locally common in moist forests.