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W
elcome to the floral paradise of Morawa,
in Midwest Western Australia.
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
require a search and close inspection. If driving through at the speed limit, you
will miss most of the beauty. Please stop and park well off the road at rest areas,
rock outcrops etc. so you can walk to study the flowers.
Although there is always something flowering throughout the year (you
may have to search for it) the most prolific time is July - September for the
ground flowers (everlastings, orchids, wreath flowers etc.), continuing into
October for the bush flowers.
Remember to respect the environment and the rights of fellow travellers
and locals by not picking wildflowers. As they say, “Take only photos and
leave only footprints”.
When viewing everlastings, stand with your back to the sun as the flowers
turn to face the sun. Best photos are taken in the soft light of the morning or late
afternoon. Try to avoid midday photos. When studying the plant or bush check
also the foliage, as several different plants may have similar flowers but very
different leaves.
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,
free overnight camping/caravanning and information sites. Please also ask the
locals, and volunteers at the visitors centre for updated information.
This booklet is intended as a layperson’s guide to help the amateur
discover and enjoy the local flora. It does not pretend to be a scientific journal
.
Front Cover Photo: Everlastings at Canna Old Camp.
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Rear Cover Photo: Wildflowers at Koolanooka Hills
Acknowledgement
Thanks to the encouragement of family, friends, Shire of Morawa, Morawa
Tourism Committee, Morawa Tree Society and tourists, to put this booklet together
in 2006. (Revised 2010)
Thanks for your suggestions and proofreading.
Suggestions for future improvements, or questions, are invited to : Paul Offszanka
Box 175
Morawa
W.A. 6623
Index_Cont...'>Index Cont...
Botanical Name
Common Name
Page
Melaleuca filifolia .......................... Wiry Honeymyrtle .................... 14
radula
...............................
Graceful
Honeymyrtle
...............
14
scabra
...............................
Rough
Honeymyrtle
..................
14
fulgens
.............................
Scarlet
Honeymyrtle
.................
14
Pityrodia terminalis ........................ Native Foxglove ........................ 12
Podotheca gnaphalioides................ Golden Longheads .................... 13
Podolepis canescens ....................... Bright Podolepis ........................ 13
Pterostylis nana .............................. Hairy-stemmed Snail Orchid .... 5
picta ................................. Painted Rufous Greenhood ....... 5
Rhodanthe chlorocephala ............... Splendid Everlasting ................. 3
Schoenia cassiniana ....................... Everlasting ................................ 3
filiofolia
...........................
Wiry
Everlasting
.......................
3
Solanum lasiophyllum ................... Wild Tomato/Flannel Bush ....... 16
Stylidium brunonianum ................. Pink Trigger Plant ..................... 12
pendulum ......................... Yellow Trigger Plant ................. 12
Thysanotus pattersonii ................... Twining Fringe Lily .................. 15
Trachymene ornate ........................ Sponge Fruit .............................. 8
Velleia rosea .................................. Murchison Snow ....................... 13
Waitzia nitida ................................. Golden Waitzia ......................... 13
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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
varians .............................. Common Spider Orchid ............. 4
Cephalipterum drummondii ............ Pom Pom .................................... 3
Cyanicula deformis ......................... Blue Fairy Orchid ...................... 5
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
Grevillea eriostachya ...................... Yellow Plume Grevillea ............ 6
obliquistigma
....................
None
...........................................
6
petrophiloides
...................
Pink
Poker
..................................
6
tenuiloba
...........................
Golden
Grevillea
........................
6
Hakea 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
Leptosema aphyllum ...................... Ribbon Pea ................................. 15
daviesioides
......................
Upside-down
Pea
.......................
15
Lechenaultia macrantha .................. Wreath Flower ........................... 8
Cephalipterum drummondii
Pom Poms
300mm plant
July-August
Schoenia cassiniana
Everlasting
200mm plant
July-August
3
Rhodanthe chlorocephala
Splendid Everlasting
200mm plant
July-September
Schoenia filifolia
Wiry Everlasting
100mm plant
August-September