A Layperson’s Handbook to the Wildflowers of Morawa (Mid West W.A.)

Wildflower Country

Printed by Morawa Shire Text and Photos by Paul Offszanka 20

Index Cont... elcome to the floral paradise of Morawa, W in Midwest Western . Common Name Page

To fully appreciate the diversity of wildflowers, please stay awhile and view the flowers at your leisure. Many of the flowers are minute and delicate so Melaleuca filifolia ...... Wiry Honeymyrtle ...... 14 require a search and close inspection. If driving through at the speed limit, you radula ...... Graceful Honeymyrtle ...... 14 will miss most of the beauty. Please stop and park well off the road at rest areas, scabra ...... Rough Honeymyrtle ...... 14 rock outcrops etc. so you can walk to study the flowers. fulgens ...... Scarlet Honeymyrtle ...... 14 Pityrodia terminalis ...... Native Foxglove ...... 12 Although there is always something flowering throughout the year (you Podotheca gnaphalioides...... Golden Longheads ...... 13 may have to search for it) the most prolific time is July - September for the Podolepis canescens ...... Bright Podolepis ...... 13 ground flowers (everlastings, orchids, wreath flowers etc.), continuing into Pterostylis nana ...... Hairy-stemmed Snail Orchid .... 5 October for the bush flowers. picta ...... Painted Rufous Greenhood ...... 5 chlorocephala ...... Splendid Everlasting ...... 3 Remember to respect the environment and the rights of fellow travellers and locals by not picking wildflowers. As they say, “Take only photos and Schoenia cassiniana ...... Everlasting ...... 3 leave only footprints”. filiofolia ...... Wiry Everlasting ...... 3 Solanum lasiophyllum ...... Wild Tomato/Flannel Bush ...... 16 When viewing everlastings, stand with your back to the sun as the flowers Stylidium brunonianum ...... Pink Trigger ...... 12 turn to face the sun. Best photos are taken in the soft light of the morning or late pendulum ...... Yellow Trigger Plant ...... 12 afternoon. Try to avoid midday photos. When studying the plant or bush check Thysanotus pattersonii ...... Twining Fringe Lily ...... 15 also the foliage, as several different may have similar flowers but very Trachymene ornate ...... Sponge Fruit ...... 8 different leaves. rosea ...... Murchison Snow ...... 13 Waitzia nitida ...... Golden Waitzia ...... 13 As flowers depend on varying seasonal conditions (rain etc.) it is impossible to predict what will be on show at any time.

The map at the centre of this booklet is intended to help you find and enjoy some favourite spots for everlastings, wreath flowers, orchids, rest areas, Acknowledgement free overnight camping/caravanning and information sites. Please also ask the locals, and volunteers at the visitors centre for updated information. Thanks to the encouragement of family, friends, Shire of Morawa, Morawa Tourism Committee, Morawa Tree Society and tourists, to put this booklet together This booklet is intended as a layperson’s guide to help the amateur in 2006. (Revised 2010) discover and enjoy the local flora. It does not pretend to be a scientific journal. Thanks for your suggestions and proofreading.

Suggestions for future improvements, or questions, are invited to : Paul Offszanka Box 175 Morawa W.A. 6623

Front Cover Photo: Everlastings at Canna Old Camp. Rear Cover Photo: Wildflowers at Koolanooka Hills 2 19 Index

Botanical Name Common Name Page

Acacia acuminate ...... Jam Wattle ...... 9 erinacea ...... None ...... 9 ramulosa ...... Bowgada Wattle ...... 9 restiacea ...... None ...... 9 Anthotroche pannosa ...... Felted Anthotroche ...... 8 Borya constricta ...... Borya Pincushion ...... 12 Caladenia flava ...... Cowslip Orchid ...... 4 hirta rosea ...... Pink Candy Orchid ...... 5 roei ...... Ant orchid ...... 4 Cephalipterum drummondii Schoenia cassiniana varians ...... Common Spider Orchid ...... 4 Pom Poms Everlasting Cephalipterum drummondii ...... Pom Pom ...... 3 300mm plant 200mm plant Cyanicula deformis ...... Blue Fairy Orchid ...... 5 July-August July-August Dampiera stenostachya ...... Narrow-spiked Dampiera ...... 16 wellsiana ...... Well’s Dampiera ...... 16 Dianella revolute ...... Dianella Flax Lily ...... 15 Dicrastylis…………………………Cauliflower…………………….16 Dioscorea hastifolia ...... Native Warrine Yam ...... 17 Diuris porrifolia ...... Rosy-cheeked Donkey Orchid ... 4 Drosera macrantha ...... Rainbow Sundew ...... 17 Glischrocaryon aureum ...... Common Pop Flower ...... 8 eriostachya ...... Yellow Plume Grevillea ...... 6 obliquistigma ...... None ...... 6 petrophiloides ...... Pink Poker ...... 6 tenuiloba ...... Golden Grevillea ...... 6 invaginata ...... Pink Hakea ...... 7 minima ...... None ...... 7 multilineata ...... Grass Leaf Hakea ...... 7 recurva ...... Needle Hakea ...... 7 Keraudrenia hermanniifolia ...... Crinkle-leafed Firebush ...... 17 integrifolia ...... Common Firebush ...... 17 Rhodanthe chlorocephala Schoenia filifolia Leptosema aphyllum ...... Ribbon Pea ...... 15 Splendid Everlasting Wiry Everlasting daviesioides ...... Upside-down Pea ...... 15 200mm plant 100mm plant Lechenaultia macrantha ...... Wreath Flower ...... 8 July-September August-September

18 3 Diuris porrifolia Caladenia varians Keraudrenia integrifolia Keraudrenia hermanniifolia Rosy-cheeked Donkey Orchid Common Spider Orchid Common Firebush Crinkle-leaved Firebush 300mm plant 250mm plant 2m 500mm shrub August-September July-August July-October September-October

Caladenia flava Caladenia roei Drosera macrantha Dioscorea hastifolia Cowslip Orchid Ant Orchid Rainbow Sundew Native Warrine Yam 150mm plant 150mm plant 1m creeper 1m creeper August-September August-September July-September May-August (see inset for male flower) 4 17 Dampiera wellsiana Dampiera stenostachya Pterostylis nana Cyanicula deformis Well’s Dampiera Narrow-spiked Dampiera Hairy-stemmed Snail Orchid Blue Fairy Orchid 200mm plant 400mm plant 100mm plant 100mm plant September-October September-October July-September July-September

Caladenia hirta rosea Pterostylis picta Solanum lasiophyllum Dicrastylis Pink Candy Orchid Rufous Greenhood Cauliflower Wild Tomato or Flannel Bush 500mm plant 100mm plant 100mm plant 500mm plant July-September September-October September-October May-November

16 5 Leptosema daviesioides Leptosema aphyllum Golden Grevillea Yellow Plume Grevillea Upside - Down Pea Ribbon Pea 1m shrub (prostrate flowers) 4m shrub 200mm plant 300mm plant July-September September-November July-August May-October (Morawa Floral Emblem)

Grevillea petrophiloides Thysanotus pattersonii Dianella revoluta Pink Pokers Twining Fringe Lily Dianella Flax Lily 2m shrub 2m shrub 3m creeper 1m plant August-October September-October September-October September-October

6 15 Melaleuca fulgens Melaleuca radula Scarlet Honeymyrtle Graceful Honeymyrtle Needle Hakea Grass Leaf Hakea 2m shrub 2m shrub 4m shrub 5m shrub August-October August-October July-September July-September

Melaleuca filifolia Melaleuca scabra Wiry Honeymyrtle Rough Honeymyrtle Pink Hakea 2m shrub 2m shrub 3m shrub 3m shrub September-October September-October September-October September-October

14 7 Lechenaultia macrantha Glischrocaryon aureum Waitzia nitida Podolepis canescens Wreath Flower Common Pop Flower Golden Waitzia Bright Podolepis 50mm plant (400mm diameter) 1m plant 200mm plant 200mm plant August-October May-November August-September August-September

Trachymene ornata Anthotroche pannosa Podotheca gnaphalioides Velleia rosea Sponge Fruit Felted Anthotroche Golden Longheads Murchison Snow 100mm plant 1m shrub 200mm plant 100mm plant August-September September-October September-October August-September

8 13 Stylidium brunonianum Stylidium pendulum Acacia ramulosa Acacia acuminata Pink Trigger Plant Yellow Trigger Plant Bowgada Wattle Jam Wattle 300mm plant 200mm plant 3m shrub 5m shrub August-September September July-September July-September

Pityrodia terminalis Borya constricta Acacia erinacea Acacia restiacea Native Foxglove Borya Pincushion 500mm plant 100mm plant 1m shrub 1m shrub September-October August-October August-October August-October

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