NATIVE FOXGLOVE. Dasymalla terminalis is white to pale pink in Westonia Common, but further north there is a bright pink form.

NATIVE FOXGLOVE. Dasymalla terminalis has very hairy leaves, stem and calyx. This one was on disturbed ground.

Westringia cephalantha is a compact shrub to 1.5 m high with white flowers. It is found in the wheatbelt and goldfields, and out eastwards to the Great Victoria Desert.

STIFF WESTRINGIA. Westringia rigida. The species name 'rigida' refers to the stiff leaves and stems. This image shows developing fruit as well as flowers, stems and leaves.

STIFF WESTRINGIA. Westringia rigida is a low domed or spreading shrub which can grow to 1 m high. This plant was only 0.1 m high. It has a sharp point at the end of each leaf, and white flowers with pink spots. It occurs over much of southern Australia including Tasmania.

STIFF WESTRINGIA Westringia rigida is a low domed shrub.

Amyema gibberula var. tatei is a member of the mistletoe family. It is a hemiparasite in that its roots are in another plant from which it draws water and some nutrients, but it has green leaves and makes its own food. In Westonia Common, the host plant is Hakea recurva which is quite common at Boodalin Soak.

Amyema gibberula var. tatei is a hemiparasite favouring Hakea recurva as a host in Westonia Common. In this photo, succulent leaves of pigface can be seen at the base, then the mistletoe Amyema leaves which are quite bright green and have white and pinkish woolly flowers amongst them. The more bluish green and longer leaves of the Hakea recurva are more common towards the top of the photo. It is much more difficult to detect the mistletoe when it is not in flower.

Amyema gibberula var. tatei is an inland aerial hemiparasitic shrub. It occurs from the Murchison to the north, Westonia to the south and eastwards into station country. The other variety of Amyema gibberula (gibberula) is more widespread.

VELVET FIREBUSH. Seringia velutina in bud.

VELVET FIREBUSH. Seringia velutina has purple flowers and rust-brown 'furry' coating on the back of the leaves.

VELVET FIREBUSH. Seringia velutina is mostly found in the large area bounded by Shark Bay, Ravensthorpe and Plumridge Lakes.

Thomasia sarotes is a spreading shrub to about 1 m high. Flowers are usually purple to pink. The showy part of the flower is the calyx or bud protector. Most of the range is the northern part of the great southern, the eastern wheatbelt and the goldfields.

Thomasia sarotes, a straggly shrub.

Cheiranthera filifolia is a slender, upright or twining shrub to 1 m high with blue to purple flowers. It occurs through the wheatbelt and goldfields and east to Zanthus.