Myrtaceae

Desert Star Flower

A small to medium shrub with extremely small leaves and pink to purple star shaped flowers.

Morrison Featherflower

Erect shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Flowers yellow-orange, Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Grey/white or brown sand.

Painted Featherflower

Erect shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Flowers pink/white, Jul to Nov. Sandy or clayey soils.

Melaleuca parviceps

Shrub, to 0.6 m high. Fl. pink, Dec. Red-brown clay-loam. Disturbed eucalypt woodland.

Plumed Featherflower

Shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. pink-blue-purple-red-white, Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sandy or clayey soils, gravel, granite. Seasonally wet situations, rock outcrops, undulating plains, hills,

Marble Gum

A large desert gum reaching over 20m high. Bark smooth throughout, white, shedding in brownish short ribbons or in small polygonal flakes. Leaves are dull green 4 - 6cm long, 1-2cm wide.

Lesser Bottlebrush

One of only two 'true' bottlebrushes in WA. Tall to small tree or shrub, 1-6 m high. Fl. red, Sep to Dec or Jan. Sandy soils, laterite. Often along watercourses.

Red Mallee

Mallee, to 5 m high, bark rough on trunk, smooth above. Fl. yellow/cream, Jul. Red-grey loam, limestone. Calcareous flats, stony screes.

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.

River Red Gum

Medium to tall tree with a thick trunk and major branches. Grey flaking bark on trunk and lower branches. Young trees and minor branches have smooth mottled bark.

Desert Heath Myrtle

Shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high (-1.8). Fl. white/pink, Apr to Oct (probably opportunistic). Red sand, yellow clayey soil, laterite, sandstone, granite. Sand dunes, sandplains, high rocky sites.

Common Fringe-Myrtle

Shrub to 0.5–2 m high; terminal buds with bud scales. Leaves linear, 1–12 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, margins often finely toothed or ciliate; petiole to 1.5 mm long. Bracteoles 2–4.5 mm long,

One sided bottlebrush

Calytrix carinata

Shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. pink/pink-purple, Mar or May to Oct. Red sand, gravelly laterite. Sand dunes or flats, rocky hillsides.

Chamelaucium pauciflorum

Erect to spreading shrub, 0.3-1.4 m high. Fl. white-pink, Aug to Oct. Grey or yellow sand, lateritic gravel. Sandplains, ridges, lateritic rises.

Tallerack

Common. A small gum with distinctive waxy-white (glaucous) foliage and gumnuts (fruit). Grows to about 4m tall. Branches and fruits have 4 angular ribs running longitudinally. Gumnuts 1cm long.

Calytrix

Beaufortia macrostemon

Spreading shrub, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. red, Sep to Dec or Jan. Gravelly lateritic soils.

Calytrix

Small bush, about 60cm high. Both colours of flowers originate from same stem - they are parts of the same flower.

Verticordia acerosa

Open shrub, 0.2-1(-1.7) m high. Fl. yellow/orange-red-brown, Aug to Nov. White or yellow sand, sandy gravel, stony loam, laterite. Granite outcrops, hills, sandplains, clay flats, damp depressions.

Verticordia chrysantha

Shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy gravelly soils, deep yellow sand. Undulating plains.

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.

Illyarrie

Tree, 3-8(-14) m high, bark smooth. Fl. yellow, Feb to Apr. Sandy soils. Limestone ridges & outcrops.

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.