Wildflowers Home > All Wildflowers > Fabaceae

Fabaceae

Your selection of wildflowers is shown below.

Search, Refine & Sort Results

Showing 80 wildflowers. Page 1 of 4

Winged Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - alata

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.

Flowering From: N/A

Orange Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - saligna

Dense, often weeping shrub or tree, 1.5-6(-9) m high. Long green phyllodes. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Variety of habitats.

Flowering From: N/A

Senna artemisioides ssp. helmsii - Blunt Leaved Cassia

Classification: Fabaceae - Senna - artemisioides ssp helmsii

Native to arid and semi-arid Australia this rounded green shrub grows to 1.5m and has cheerful yellow flowers from late winter to spring.

Flowering From: N/A

Gidgee or Stinking Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cambagei

A very slow growing gnarled small tree of desert areas growing to about 8m. Heartwood is heavy, dark red and durable though will be attacked by termites. Phyllodes are grey-green 6-8cm long.

Flowering From: N/A

Golden Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - pycnantha

Shrub or small open tree 3m to 8m high. Flowers in spring with large round flower heads on thick stems, flower heads in showy groups (racemes) 15cm long. Pods are flat and almost straight 10cm x 5mm.

Flowering From: N/A

Gompholobium preissii

Classification: Fabaceae - Gompholobium - preissii

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

Flowering From: N/A

Senna artemisioides

Classification: Fabaceae - Senna - artemisioides

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

Flowering From: N/A

Crotalaria eremaea, Bluebush Pea, Desert Rattlepod

Classification: Fabaceae - Crotalaria - eremaea

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,

Flowering From: N/A

Grey Swainsona

Classification: Fabaceae - Swainsona - canescens

Prostrate or erect, spreading perennial, herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. purple-pink/purple & yellow & green, May or Jul to Dec. Usually on red sandy soils.

Flowering From: N/A

Rigid Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cochlearis

Bushy, erect to sprawling, pungent shrub, (0.3-)0.5-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. White, yellow or red sand. Coastal or near coastal sandplains & sand dunes.

Flowering From: N/A

Red Mulga, Creekline Miniritchi

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cyperophylla

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.

Flowering From: N/A

Prickly Moses

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - pulchella

Shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Dec. Sandy soils, clay loam over laterite. Low-lying areas, swamps, near watercourses.

Flowering From: N/A

Prain's Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - prainii

Erect, bushy shrub or tree, 1-3m high, although sometimes reaching 5m. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Red sand, loam, stony soils.

Flowering From: N/A

Mountain Pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Gastrolobium - rubrum

Tentative Identification. Spindly, small branched shrub to 1.5 m with leaves 4-6cm long.

Flowering From: N/A

Mountain Shaggy Pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Podolobium - alpestre

This spreading shrub is common in alpine and subalpine areas in Vic, NSW and the ACT. It is showy when in flower over the summer months. The leaves are oblong to elliptical, 2 to 4cm long,

Flowering From: N/A

Ikulyukulyu or upside-down plant

Classification: Fabaceae - Leptosema - chambersii

Unique desert species that has the flowers growing at the bottom of the plant.

Flowering From: N/A

Spiny Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - spinescens

Much-branched, erect shrub mostly 0.5–1 m high. Branchlets rigid, terete, striated by rather prominent yellow ribs, green, grey-green or subglaucous between ribs, glabrous, spinose.

Flowering From: N/A

Dogwood- possibly?

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - unknown

Attractive weeping habit, to 6 m high. Leaves very similar to Acacia stenophylla but tree form not at all similar, or along drainage lines. Flower colour not observed.

Flowering From: N/A

Sturt's Desert Pea - unusual colour form

Classification: Fabaceae - Swainsona - formosa

This patch of SDP had pale red to orange petals with a bright pink, pink or whitish "boss" on the standard petal.

Flowering From: N/A

Waddywood

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - peuce

Acacia peuce is only found in 3 locations, all within the arid zone of the Simpson and Strzelecki desert. Mature trees slowly reach a height of about 10-15m. They have long narrow,

Flowering From: N/A

Summer-scented Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - rostellifera

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

Flowering From: N/A

Cockies Tongues

Classification: Fabaceae - Templetonia - retusa

Much-branched shrub, 0.3-4 m high. Fl. red/white-yellow, Apr to Nov. White sand, red clay, brown and white gravel, limestone. Plateaus, coastal cliffs, hillsides, road verges.

Flowering From: N/A

Waddy Wood

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - peuce

To 10m high with wispy to dense pendulous branches resembling casuarinas. Young trees have stiff foliage with sharp points, probably as a defence against browsers.

Flowering From: N/A