ABSTRACT
Notes on the Western Australian flora in the South West Region

The plant species seen on a trip from Perth travelling east over the Darling Ranges to Hyden then south to Esperance (Cape le Grande National Park).  The next section covered travelling west to Albany then north over the Stirling Ranges to the Stirling Ranges National Park and finishing at Perth.  Also containing notes on Kings Park and a short tour to the Darling Ranges.  (September, 2000)

  • Day one

    • Perth to Hyden
  • Day two

    • Hyden to Esperance
  • Day three

    • Esperance to Cape Le Grande, Lucky Bay, Rossiter Bay & return to Esperance
  • Day four

    • Esperance to Albany
  • Day five

    • Albany, Stirling Ranges & return to Perth
     
     
     
     
    Latitude Longitude
    Perth east to 31.95185 115.85874
    Hyden, south to 32.44932 118.91092
    Esperance, west to 32.86124 121.89205
    Albany, north to 35.01741 117.88375
    Perth, finish. 31.95185 115.85874
    First Day Perth to Hyden. The first noticeable wildflowers-
    Species                                            Notes
    Calothamnus rupestris Schauer
    Conospermum sp. Smoke Bush
    Darwinia citriodora (Endl.) Benth.
    Calothamnus sanguineus Labill.
    Acacia drummondii Lindley
    Verticordia sp.
    Melaleuca radula Lindley  hybridises easily
    Melaleuca scabra R. Br.
    Leucopogon pubescens S. Moore
    Kingia australis R. Br.
    Xanthorrhoea gracilis Endl.
    Lechenaultia biloba Lindley
    Cryptandra arbutiflora Fenzl in Endl.
    Pimelea ferruginea Labill.
    Hibbertia sp.
    Acacia glaucoptera Benth.
    Grevillea bipinnatifida R. Br.
    Hakea sp.
    Lechenaultia biloba Lindley
    Kennedia coccinea Vent.
    Tetratheca hirsuta Lindley
    Bossiaea ornata (Lindley) Benth.
    Acacia pulchella R. Br.
    Grevillea synapheae R. Br.
    Melaleuca lateritia A. Dietr.
    Hypocalymma angustifolium Endl.
    Hibbertia sp.
    Banksia sphaerocarpa R. Br.
    Eucalyptus torquata Luehm.
    Eucalyptus astringens (Maiden) Maiden
    Kennedia coccinea Vent.
    Acacia stenoptera Benth.
    Allocasuarina humilis (Otto & Dietr.)  L. Johnson
    Acacia trigonophylla Meissner
    Second Day  Hyden to Esperance  It was in this zone that Lambertia, Grevillea and Banksias, Petrophile, Dryandra of the Proteaceae family began, as well as Beaufortias and Nuytsias.
    Acacia eremophila W. Fitzg.
    Acacia glaucoptera Benth.
    Grevillea eriostachya Lindley
    Calothamnus rupestris Schauer
    Eucalyptus forrestiana Diels
    Stylidium sp. Trigger Plant
    Allocasuarina sp Sheoak
    Nuytsia floribunda (Labill.) R. Br.
    Conospermum amoenum Meissner
    Chloanthes coccinea Bartling
    Dryandra ferruginea Kipp. ex Meissner
    Pityrodia terminalis (Endl.) A. S. George
    Phebalium filifolium Turcz.
    Phymatocarpus maxwellii F. Muell.
    Chamelaucium confertiflorum Domin.
    Petrophile inconspicua Meissner
    Petrophile divaricata R. Br.
    Calytrix leschenaultii (Shauer) Benth.
    Calothamnus quadrifidus R. Br.
    Dodonaea sp
    Melaleuca elliptica Labill.
    Melaleuca pungens Schauer
    Verticordia sp.
    Grevillea eriostachya Lindley
    Mirbelia spinosa Benth.
    Eucalyptus formanii C. Gardner
    Calytrix sp.
    Lechenaultia biloba Lindley
    Chamelaucium sp.
    Cyanostegia angustifolia Turcz.
    Acacia sphacelata Benth.
    Micromyrtus ciliata
    Verticordia picta Endl.
    Beaufortia orbifolia F. Muell.
    Banksia lemanniana Meissner
    Banksia sp.
    Pimelea physodes Hook.
    Pimelea sp.
    Acacia glaucoptera Benth.
    Daviesia sp.
    Grevillea cagiana McGillivray
    Acacia eremophila W. Fitzg.
    Gastrolobium sp.
    Boronia ramosa (Lindley) Benth.
    Goodenia scapigera R. Br.
    Lysinema ciliatum R. Br.
    lasiopetalum lineare S. Paust
    Wehlia thryptomenoides F. Muell.
    Lambertia inermis R. Br.
    Dryandra sp.
    Calytrix sp.
    Conospermum teretifolium R. Br.
    Lambertia inermis (yellow form) R. Br.
    Agonis parviceps Schauer
    Banksia laevigata Meissner
    Stirlingia simplex Lindley
    Kunzea sp.
    Hakea victoria J. Drumm.
    Lambertia inermis R. Br.
    Conospermum caeruleum R. Br.
    Conostylis canteriata S. D. Hopper
    Calytrix decandra DC.
    Laxmannia brachyphylla F. Muell.  ex  Benth
    Oligarrhena micrantha R. Br.
    Isopogon trilobus R. Br.
    Verticordia sp.
    Lambertia inermis R. Br.
    Banksia speciosa R. Br.
    Third Day  Esperance to Cape Le Grande, Lucky Bay, Rossiter Bay and return.
    On the coast Melaleuca, Anigozanthos (flavidus, rufus, were seen.  Hakea victoria, with Lambertias still to be seen.
    Nuytsia floribunda (Labill.) R. Br. ex Fenzl in Endl.
    Eucalyptus kruseana F. Muell.
    Eucalyptus gardneri Maiden
    Eucalyptus tetraptera Turcz.
    Acacia eremophila W. Fitzg.
    Banksia lemanniana Meissner
    Anigozanthos flavidus Redoute & DC.
    Anigozanthos rufus Labill.
    Hibbertia sp.
    Calothamnus sanguineus Labill.  Cape le Grand National Park.
    Calothamnus quadrifidus R. Br.
    Melaleuca globifera R. Br. Cape le Grand National Park
    Melaleuca leptospermoides Schauer
    Pimelea ferruginea Labill.
    Acacia cyclops Cunn. ex  Don
    Banksia speciosa R. Br.
    Lambertia sp.
    Conospermum sp.
    Banksia gardneri A. S. George
    Lechenaultia formosa R. Br.
    Calothamnus sanguineus Labill.
    Calothamnus quadrifidus R. Br.
    Calytrix decandra DC.
    Calytrix tetragona Labill.
    Adenanthos sericeus Labill.
    Eucalyptus conferruminata D. J. Carr &  S. G. M. Carr
    Melaleuca suberosa (Schauer) C. Gardner
    Anigozanthos rufus Labill.
    Adenanthos cuneatus Labill.
    Pomaderris sp.
    Stylidium sp. Trigger plant
    Gompholobium sp.
    Banksia praemorsa Andrews (seen on the coast)
    Acacia robinae Maslin
    Fourth Day Esperance to Albany
    Intermittent Banksia coccinea to be seen.  Grevillea hookeriana in flower near Albany, as well as the "Swamp Daisy" Actinodium species nova and several species of calytrix.
    Kunzea baxteri (Klotzsch) Schauer
    Calothamnus rupestris Schauer
    Banksia sp.
    Acacia microbotrya Benth.
    Eucalyptus tetraptera Turcz.
    Dryandra sp.
    Hakea cinerea R. Br.
    Grevillea nudiflora Meissner
    Melaleuca violacea Schauer
    Kunzea recurva Schauer
    Kunzea jucunda Diels
    Petrophile divaricata R. Br.
    Dryandra sp.
    Grevillea tripartita Meissner
    Beaufortia schaueri Preiss ex Schauer
    Hakea trifurcata (Smith) R. Br.
    Acacia sp.
    Petrophile sp.
    Darwinia vestita (Endl.) Benth.
    Chamelaucium ciliatum Desf.
    Synaphea polymorpha R. Br.
    Kunzea jucunda Diels
    Calytrix Leschenaultii (Schauer) Benth.
    Darwinia sp.
    Grevillea hookeriana Meissner
    Conostylis sp.
    Synaphea polymorpha R. Br.
    Conospermum caeruleum R. Br.
    Gompholobium sp.
    Banksia coccinea R. Br.
    Conospermum dorrienii Domin.
    Pimelea suaveolens Meissner
    Actinodium species nova
    Gompholobium sp.
    Sphenotoma dracophylloides Sonder
    Gompholobium sp.
    Andersonia simplex (Stschegl.)  Druce
    Eucalyptus astringens (Maiden) Maiden
    Dasypogon bromeliifolius R. Br.
    Hakea varia R. Br.
    Callistemon glaucus (Bonpl.) Sweet
    Hovea elliptica (Smith) DC.
    Sollya heterophylla Lindley
    Actinodium sp. nov.
    Callistemon glaucus (Bonpl.) Sweet
    Dryandra formosa R. Br.
    Fifth Day Albany to Perth
    Albany is on King George III Sound of Vancouver.  Not what has now become the generic name, King Georges Sound.
    The Stirling Ranges National Park had Banksia coccinea, the "Southern Cross Flower" Xanthosia rotundifolia. This flower relies on the sun to open and close the petals.
    A "large colony" of Banksia coccinea resides in this park.  Other genera to be seen are Petrophile, Stirlingia and Dryandra.
    Acacia drummondii Lindley
    Acacia biflora R. Br. Stirling Ranges Nat. Park
    Hakea sp.
    Stirlingia sp.
    Beaufortia anisandra Schauer
    Petrophile sp.
    Calytrix leschenaultii (Schauer) Benth.
    Hakea sp.
    Donkey Orchid
    Spider Orchid
    Synaphea sp.
    Xanthosia rotundifolia DC.
    Chamelaucium sp.
    Dryandra sp.

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