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Rice Flower (Pimela linifolia) — NSW

25 Beautiful Australian Wildflowers

Australia is blessed with thousands of species of wildflowers — an incredible diversity that is matched by few places in the world. I can hardly do it justice by showing only 25 examples. Furthermore, I have yet to photograph some of the most famous species. So what I present here are a few of my favorite wildflowers that I encountered while traveling through the Australian states of New South Wales (NSW), South Australia (SA), and Western Australia (WA).

Cat’s Paw (Anigozanthos humilis) — WA
Flannel Flower (Actinotus helianthi) — NSW
Yellow Tailflower (Anthocercis littorea) — WA
Christmas Bells (Blandfordia grandiflora) — NSW
Common Brown Pea (Bossiaea eriocarpa) — WA
Milk Maids (Burchardia congesta) — WA
Cowslip Orchid (Caladenia flava)— WA
Spider Orchid (Caladenia sp.) — SA
Mouse Ears (Calothamnus rupestris) — WA
Sticky Starflower (Calytrix glutinosa) — WA
Clustered Finger-flower (Cheiranthera alternifolia) — NSW
Willow-leaved Crowea (Crowea saligna)— NSW
Dampiera (Dampiera sp.) — SA
Darwinia fascicularis — NSW
Guinea Flower (Hibbertia sp. ) — WA
Mountain Kunzea (Kunzea recurva) — WA
Broad-leaved Drumsticks (Isopogon anemonifolius) — NSW
Pipe Lily (Johnsonia pubescens) — WA
Many-flowered Honeysuckle (Lambertia multiflora) — WA
Blue Lechenaultia (Lechenaultia biloba) — WA
Platytheca galioides — WA
Purple Fan-Flower (Scaevola ramosissima) — NSW
Warratah (Telopea speciosissima) — NSW
Fringe Lily (Thysanotus juncifolius)— NSW

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