My first exposure to WA's wonderful wildflowers was shown in Karijini National Park. They were every where, looking beautiful against the rich brown / red earth in this iron ore rich country. They also looked quite spectacular against the back drop on rolling hills, deep gorges, spinifex grass & white snappy gum trees. It's a wonder plants grow at all as the rainfall isn't that great either - usually. Early 2011 had a wetter season than normal & so the flowers were more prolific.
I don't have a name for many of the flowers & I will update names if I find 1 - if you know a flower name please feel free to let me know :)
The white snappy gum trees were every where & looked spectacular against the rich red earth
This was our back door from the van views for 3 lovely days.
I had my 55th birthday in Karijini, & wouldn't have wanted to spend it anywhere else (around that time) it was that pleasurable to drive through despite the dusty dirt roads :)
The purple Royal Mulla Mulla here is a little different from the tall cousin -
The tall Mulla Mulla was growing every where - as far south as Exmouth region
I think these little bundles are mini versions of the Mulla Mulla flower
Grevillea plant that wasn't very bushy
I saw lots of this white bush around Karijini & it looked stunning against the red earth - I saw it in many places including on ledges with in the escarpments of the gorges
I think this is the Turkey Bush. This was quite prolific in northern WA & NT
Blue pincushion
The candle stick cassia
Butterfly bush
Even reed grasses had flowers
Camel Bush
Found near Mt Nameless @ Tom Price
I have no idea what this flower is, but it has a waxy appearance
Sturt's Desert Pea growing @ Millstream National Pk homestead, south of Karratha
The Bird flower - an unusual flower & colour
White Dragon Tree looked really graceful & was a great perfume
Desert Hibiscus
another Desert Hibiscus
Found this stuff a lot of places as well - looks like a white lambs tail
this flower looked like Mulla Mulla, but was prostrate with a round ball
small purple flower growing next to water stream
another purple flower :)) I've seen several colours of this shape flower
Cork wood has a grevillea like flower
stark contrast against the broken rocks on a walk eastern Millstream
even weeds have flowers - a prickly burr I think
found near Exmouth & Cape Range national Pk
?? Acacia- wattle
Tall Mulla Mulla covering this sandy slope between Ningaloo Reef & Cape Range National Pk looked pretty
found this growing @ Coral Bay - some type of succulent with dew drops that are permanent on the stems & leaves
more of that white lambs tail bush was covering a small sandy slope next to the beach @ Coral Bay
I found this plant growing amongst the rocks with little soil at Point Quobba
this parakeelya was found growing north to Dampier & so far as south as Lessuer National Park.
I think this looks like an orchid, but have no idea what it is
Francois Peron National Pk was covered in wildflower bushes like this 1. It was beautiful driving the 50km sandy track to see the peninsular tip of Cape Peron
Unfortunately I only took a couple of pics of flowers in Francois Peron National Park.
part 2 coming soon, as I have probably more than enough pics for the Kalbarri area & just south to Jurien Bay on the coast & north east to Morawa, which is covered in flowers
