All Wildflowers

Coast Beard-heath

Erect, densely branched shrub or tree, (0.2-)0.3-3(-5) m high. Fl. white, Feb to Mar or Jun to Oct. Sandy soils over limestone or granite. Coastal dunes & limestone.

Bird Orchid

This orchid which grows to about 25cm high. The flower has a distinctive shiny, patterned appearance. The colours on the single flower range from a network of green,

Common Flat-pea

Wiry low shrub common as understorey in heaths. Leaves opposite, arrow shaped with sharp points. Red and yellow pea flowers in the axils of upper leaves. Seed pods flat.

Bluerod

Bush Tomato

Low soft shrub. Elongated, grey leaves.

Bush Tomato

Karri Snail orchid

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.08-0.29 m high. Fl. green, Jul to Nov. Sandy loam-clay, laterite clay over granite, shallow mossy soils. Winter damp flats, in forests, on rocks and around rock bases,

Kangaroo Island Gland Flower

Adenanthos macropodianus has an erect habit, usually growing to 1 metre (3 ft) in height although plants as high as 3 metres (10 ft) have been recorded. The leaves, which are up to 15 mm (0.

Banded Greenhood

Tuberous, perennial, herb, to 0.45 m high. Grows in white, grey or yellow sand, clay, laterite, limestone, granite. Flats, sand plains, slopes, ridges, crests of sand dunes, valley floors.

Calytrix

Bacon and Eggs

Small woody shrub. Leaves flat, rounded with pointed tip.

Chestnut Sun Orchid

Photo by Graeme W. The Chestnut Sun Orchid, Thelymitra fuscolutea, a stunning sun orchid, found in SW WA in isolated areas only.

Hakea denticulata

Compact rounded shrub, 1–2 m tall, 1–2 m wide. No lignotuber. Small branches and young leaves covered with short hairs. Leaves flat, elliptic or obovate, up to 4cm long, 10–25 mm wide,

Cleopatra's Needles

Grows to 35cm in height. Early Flowering

Grevillea shuttleworthiana

This unusual little Grevillea grows as an open shrub in sandy heath. The blueish green leaves are round to oval in shape while the very small creamy-yellow flowers are arranged in quite dense

Purple Pansy Orchid

Grevillea stenobotrya or Rattlepod Grevillea

Bushy shrub to 5m high. Leaves linear, 10-25cm c 1-2mm, finely pointed slightly hooked tip. Flowers creamy white (green in bud), cylindrical or slightly tapered, 7-14cm long. Smooth greyish bark

Ghost Gum

Tree to 20m tall, with open spreading crown. Small branches droop downwards. Smooth white bark. Grows on both sandy country and on stony hills and plateaux.

Gompholobium preissii

Erect shrub, (0.05-)0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow/orange/red-brown, Aug to Dec. Lateritic gravelly soils.

Spotted Poverty Bush

Shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. violet-purple-white, Aug to Oct. Red sand, loam or clay soils. Gibber plains, calcareous flats, jasper outcrops.

Slender Onion Orchid

You could easily mistake this common little orchid for grass. A small terrestrial orchid with 10s of tiny flowers crowded along a flowering spike that can grow up tp to 30cm tall.

Small Darwinia

Darwinia micropetala, commonly known as Small Darwinia, is a small shrub that is native to south-eastern Australia. It grows to 0.5 metres high and has small leaves and clusters of small white and

Smooth Fringe Myrtle

Small woody shrub to 1m tall with tiny, smooth leaves and is endemic to South Australia.

Snow Myrtle

Open shrub up to 2m tall growing as an understorey in open forest and woodland.