All Wildflowers

Common Correa

Correa reflexa is sometimes referred to as Native Fuchsia, a name it shares with Epacris longiflora. Its distribution ranges from southeast South Australia,

Giant Bolete Fungus or Salmon Gum Mushroom (in WA)

This is possibly Australia's largest fungus. It forms a mycorrhizal association with eucalypts, growing singly or in groups, after rain. Widespread and common. Cap to more than 60 cm across,

Eremophila - Desert Pride

Erect, spindly shrub, 0.9-2(-3.5) m high. Fl. yellow/pink & cream/white, Aug to Oct. Red sand, clay loam, clay. Flats, claypans, sand plains.

Red Mulga, Creekline Miniritchi

Outback travellers will notice these small trees by the red bark glowing in the sun. Growing along creek and drainage lines is this tall shrub or small tree (up to 7 or 8m tall) of arid areas.

Bean Tree, Bauhinia

Also known as Lysiphyllum gilvum. Large shrub or small tree to about 6 m high, partly deciduous in dry season. Glabrous (smooth) except for flowers that vary in colour from whitish through pink to

Scrub Breadfruit

Pandanus montivola is a common plant in Rainforests near the beach in Far North Queensland, with leaves that are very long and spiny. As the spines are pointing forwards along the leaf,

Quoya dilatata

Small shrub with crinkly grey-green leaves. Flowers bright orange. Single plant located at Jingemmia Caves.

Blue Hakea

This most unusual Hakea occurs in south-western W.A. from York to Manjimup and east to Jerramungup, including in the Porongorup and Stirling Ranges. It grows in heath or mallee-heath,

Acacia glaucoptera - Flat Wattle

Acacias come in all shapes, sizes and forms. Acacia glaucoptera - Flat Wattle is one of the more unusual wattles. It can be found in coastal and inland mallee regions from Albany to Israelite Bay.

Blue Lady Orchid

Very common and widespread in WA from Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay Stems carry multiple flowers. Large brilliant blue to flowers about 3cm across. Prominent central column.

Summer-scented Wattle

Dense shrub or tree, 1-6 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct or Dec. Mainly on consolidated sand dunes.

Cajeput Tree, Paperbark

A familiar sight along watercourses and in swamps across northern Australia. A medium sized tree with bright silvery green foligae and a slightly weeping habit.

Native Foxglove

An extremely attractive plant when in full flower. It is found widely around the eastern wheatbelt in the light colour as per the Yellowdine area photographs, to deep burgundy north of Muckinbudin,

Sand Sunray, Teitkens Daisy

Annual forb to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, the upper leaves stem clasping. Flowersheads yellow, with no ligulate florets. Flower heads cylindrical to narrow bell-shaped,

Verticordia pennigera

Erect or prostrate shrub, 0.2 to 0.6 m high. Fl. pink, Jan or Mar to Apr or Jul or Sep to Dec. Sandy or clay, often gravelly soils. Often associated with granitic rocks.

Little Lobelia

Native to Western Australia Erect annual, herb, 0.02-0.2 m high Red sandy & clayey soils, stony soils. Rocky sandstone breakaways, lateritic screes, dunes, plains.

Native Cornflower, Blue Pincushion

Green Wattle, Acacia decurrens

A small to medium sized tree. True bright green leaves with nectaries prominent along the central rib of each leaf. Young/small branched have a ribbed appearance.

Straggly Corkbark

Small robust tree of desert areas. Leaves deeply dissected, each lobe ending in a sharp point. Seedpods small and woody. Bark thick, grey and corky in texture.

Common Cassinia or Dogwood

This bushy understorey shrub is common in dry forests, particularly in disturbed areas. The narrow leaves are dark green on top and pale below and have a slightly scaly texture,

Hakea pandanicarpa subsp. crassifolia

The big golfball sized seed capsules are the striking feature of this Hakea. The leaves of this medium sized shrub are simple, and the white or cream flowers unremarkable.

Mottlecah

Mallee with a sprawling, straggling habit. Leaves are large, blue-grey and sessile (without a leaf stalk). Large buds with a pointed bud cap (operculum). Flowers are the largest of all eucalypts,

Bee Orchid

Although there is general agreement that this orchid is discoidea, it appears to be known by both common names, Dancing Spider and Bee Orchid. Grows to 100mm - 450mm.

Crotalaria eremaea, Bluebush Pea, Desert Rattlepod

Crotalaria eremaea is a widely distributed shrub of central Australia and a relatively common species growing on sand dunes. Densely woolly erect woody herb with yellow flowers, the Desert rattlepod,