All Wildflowers

Dragon Orchid

A small terrestrial orchid, growing to about 25cm high. Petals and sepals are green with a maroon stripe. Labellum covered with maroon hairs.

Longleaved Cone Bush

This unusual shrub appears as a tuft of elongated rounded (terete) leaves about 30cm high with flowerheads and old seed capsules nestled at ground level, in among the leaf bases.

Slender Fuschia

Shrub, 0.1-1.8(-3) m high. Fl. red-yellow-orange, Feb to Mar or May to Dec. Clay soils, red or yellow sand, granite, laterite. Undulating plains, claypans, salt lakes, screes.

One-sided Bottlebrush

This Calothamnus looks to be a very tough woody shrub growing to about 2m high. Thick flattened leaves with conspicuous ribbing, and ending in a sharp point. The bright red flowers are about 4cm long.

Silky Blue Orchid

Small blue flowers, 2cm across, standing 10 - 15cm tall. Petals smooth and silky in appearance. Strap shaped leaf. Abundant among everlastings.

Emu Bush

Upright tall shrub to 3m. Large glossy leaves. Flowers narrow, with cinnamon and pinkish markings and subtended by pale pink bracts.

Northern Bee Orchid

Grows up to 200-400mm in height. Two to six basal leaves Up to five pale yellow brown marked flowers

Mountain Bells

Endemic to SW WA. Small open, erect shrub to about 1m tall. Leaves are small, narrow and heath-like. Flowers a brilliant red-pink, 3-4cm long, pendant, bell shaped.

Eremophila punctata

Erect, viscid shrub, (0.25-)0.5-1.5(-2) m high. Fl. blue-purple-violet/white, Jul to Oct. Skeletal soils, often stony over laterite, red sand. Undulating plains, rocky situations, breakaways,

Torrington Wattle

Small soft shrub growing in moist areas. Phyllodes about 10mm long with a distinct point. Bright yellow flowerheads.

Vanilla Orchid

Herbaceous perennial growing to about 20cm high. Distinctive yellow flowers, buds are pink.

Petrophile sp.

Open shrub with cream flower spikes. Leaves tough with sharp points.

Swamp Bee Orchid

Late flowering Bee orchid Grows 200 - 400mm Small Yellow Brown marked flowers

Common spider orchid

The common white spider orchid, is probably the most misidentified orchid in WA. While common, it has different forms in different areas making for a difficult identification.

Swainsona sp.

Prostrate, spreading to about 50cm, the pea like flowers about 30 cm in height coral pink in colour.

Island Point Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W. The Island Point Spider Orchid, Caladenia Island Point was only known till last week from one population on the margins of Harvey estuary of 100 or so plants .

Rattle Beaks

Grows in colonies Single long narrow leathery leaf Prominent hood like dorsal sepal

Purple Pansy Orchid

Grows to 35cm in height. Can have up to eight flowers on one stem. Flowers are often Mauve, Fawn and Purple in colour

Caladenia hybrid Spider Orchid

Cherry spider orchid.

Photo by Graeme W.

Lemon Scented Sun Orchid

One of our lovely sun orchids that flowers early in the year.

Exotic spider orchid

Photo by Graeme W. The vivid white and red orchid is the exotic spider orchid caladenia nivalis, from the dunsborough area.

Woollybush

Woollybush grows as an upright, spreading shrub, but can be a small tree up to 5 m tall. It has erect branches that are covered in short hairs when young. Leaves may be up to 4cm long,

Woolly Sunray

Erect annual, herb, 0.1-0.45 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Red sand, lateritic pebbly soils. Dunes, sandplains.