All Wildflowers

Weeping Gum, Weeping Mallee

A slender gum with minimal foliage and a strongly weeping habit. Grows on rocky exposed slopes in the Fitzgerald River NP. Flowers are small, fruits large, urn shaped. Bark smooth.

Weir Vine

Climber, to 6 m high. Fl. purple-blue-pink, Jan to Jun. Red sandy & clayey soils, pebbly loam. Undulating plains, dunes, hardpans.

Wells' Dampiera

Tufted perennial, herb, 0.05-0.25(-0.4) m high, leaves glabrous. Fl. blue, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy & clayey soils, gravel, laterite. Undulating plains

Western coolibah

Evergreen tree 6–20 m high, usually crooked or irregular, 30–100 cm in diameter. Bark gray or brackish, thick, fibrous, rough, not shedding. Leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, 6–20 cm long,

Whirrakee Wattle (Acacia williamsonii)

Very decorative shrub with a neat rounded or obconic shape and a profusion of bright golden inflorescences in the upper axils.

White Fairy

White Goodenia

A low, spreading herb to 25cm high with bright blue green leaves. Flowers are white with a touch of brown. Grows in grasslands and woodlands, and is widespread although not common in the Mid North,

White Spider Orchid

An undescribed subspecies of Caladenia longicauda.

White Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W. One photo is of the Common White Spider Orchid, Caladenia longicauda, the second filmed only meters away has thicker calli and longer petals.

Wickhams Grevillea

Large shrub up to 5m high. Grey-green leaves up to 8cm long, with several sharp teeth or spines. Widespread over large parts of northern Australia.

Wild Kapok

Brilliant yellow flowers are a standout on this small tree to about 5meteres tall. Flowers occur when the tree bare - it is deciduous in the dry season (ie winter months). Smooth grey bark.

Wild Parsley, wild parsnip

A splash of colour in the desert - erect annual herb to 60 cm high, sometimes with a perennial rootstock; smooth stems sparingly branched. Leaves mostly towards the base of the plant,

Wild Parsnip

Erect annual herb to 60 cm high, sometimes with a perennial rootstock; stems sparingly branched, glabrous. Leaves mostly towards the base of the plant, 3–5-lobed to dissected,

Wild Tobacco

We found this Nicotiana growing inside a small cave - almost a cave dwelling plant. It favours growing in rocky places like rocky hills, cliffs & outcrops.

Wild Tobacco or Rosetted Tobacco

Wild Tomato

Rounded shrub growing to about 1.5m tall. Prickles up to 1cm long on stems only. All parts covered with short dense hairs that can be silvery or rusty colour.

Wills' Desert Fuchsia

Erect, spreading or straggly shrub, 0.45-2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, May or Jul to Nov. Red sand. Sand dunes.

Winged Wattle

Shrub, 0.3-2.1 m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow/pink, Apr to Dec. Variety of soils. Near water, rocky hills, breakaways, salt pans, clay flats.

Winter Donkey Orchid

Common early flowering donkey Orchid 200-500mm Two to three basal leaves, up to 15 yellow and brown flowers

Woolly Head Mat Rush

Grass like perennial forb 20-80cm tall. Leaves basal, with a sheath at the base, 20-80cm long, 1.5-5mm wide, flat. Male and female flowers on different plants. Fragrant flowers.

Woolly Mat-rush

Perennial tussock, small to robust; rhizomes ascending. Leaves flat, rigid, coarsely veined, 20–60 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide; apex acute to rounded; sheath margins white or orange-brown.

Woolly Rice-flower

Shrub 0.4–1 m high. Young stems densely hairy. Leaves alternate or sometimes subopposite, shortly petiolate, ±narrowly elliptic, with long white hairs on both surfaces when young, concolorous,

Woolly Sunray

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

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,