Gallery Two Statewide - Wildflowers of Western Australia

Desert Rose

Named after Captain Charles Sturt (1795-1869) to commemorate his exploration of inland Australia.

Sturt's Desert Rose
Gossypium sturtianum

Despite the official name it's a cotton plant. Also known as Australian Cotton but due to low lint yeilds was never cultivated commercially.

The floral emblem of the Northern Territory.

Flame Peas

Yellow

Wildflower

Trumpet Stylewort

Guinea Flower

Long-Leaved Guinea Flower
Hibbertia huegelii

Named guinea flower by early settlers because its colour resembled the gold quinea coins in use.

Kalgoorlie

Yellow Tailflower

Many-flowered Honeysuckle

Love Creeper

Sandy

Cowslip Orchids

Gossypium sturtianum Desert Rose	Named after Captain Charles Sturt (1795-1869) to commemorate his exploration of inland Australia. Sturt's Desert Rose Gossypium sturtianum Despite the official name it's a cotton plant. Also known as Australian Cotton but due to low lint yeilds was never cultivated commercially. The floral emblem of the Northern Territory.
Flame Peas	Yellow
Wildflower	Levenhookia leptantha Trumpet Stylewort
Hibbertia huegelii Guinea Flower	Long-Leaved Guinea Flower Hibbertia huegelii Named guinea flower by early settlers because its colour resembled the gold quinea coins in use.
Kalgoorlie	Anthocercis littorea Yellow Tailflower
Lambertia multiflora Many-flowered Honeysuckle	Comesperma volubile Love Creeper
Sandy	Caladenia flava Cowslip Orchids