36 Photos of Wildflowers in Queensland, Australia
Queensland Wildflowers are not something you will see around too much unless you spend a lot of time in the outback. Most people dream about walking or driving through colourful fields. However, you’re more than likely to be surrounded by them when you don’t even know it.
We both loved touring through the Outback and I was often stopping with the stream of colour painted on the ground or all over the bushes. Therefore, I wanted to put this blog together to show you my photos, where I found them and the best time to see them.
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Where can you find the Queensland Wildflowers?
We found the Wildflowers in todays blog travelling anywhere from Eromanga, Windorah, Birdsville, or driving into Poeppel Corner (Simpson Desert or Munga-Thurri National Park). More importantly, most of them were found on the side of the highway or road, in small clumps or bushes.
Additionally, we found more among the sand dunes in Windorah and on top of the Big Red Sand Dune. The contrasting colours of orange to red sand with the brightly coloured flowers is a welcomed sight every year.
The Wildflowers I’ve encountered?
Sturt’s Desert Pea ( Swainsona formosa )
The Sturt’s Desert pea is a well-known Australian native flower that is the state floral emblem for South Australia. Unfortunately, they are notoriously hard to grow outside their natural desert environment. Mostly prone to fungal diseases and root rots.
Location: Outside the Bakery in Birdsville
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Poached Egg Daisy ( polycalymma stuartii)
The Poached egg Daisy I found at my feet while exploring the roads to Poeppel Corner. They can grow up to 50 centimetres tall with stems branching from the bottom. As the name suggests, its flowers appears much like a poached egg, with a yellow centre and surrounded by the white.
Location: Driving in the sandy roads into Poeppel Corner
Regal Bird Flower , Parrot Pea ( crotalaria cunninghamii)
The Regal Bird Flowers or Parrot Pea is a soft-stemmed evergreen perennial shrub. It can grow to 1.5 metres with grey branches and leaves up to 5 centimetre wide. Furthermore, the pea-like flower is streaked with green and yellow colours with purple lines. Uniquely, these flowers cluster at the end of the stems.
Location: Sando’s Sand Hill outside of Windorah
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Desert Nightshade (Solanum Oligacanthum)
The Desert Nightshade ( pictured below) can grow up to 80 centimetres tall with prickles along the branches. The purple downy flowers sit at the end of the stems and are usually 10-13 millimetres wide.
Location: On the side of the road between Eromanga & Windorah
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Annual Yellowtop ( Senecio gregorii)
The Annual Yellowtop is a vibrant upright plant. Its leaves grow from 3-9 centimetres long and 2 to 6 centimetres wide with a bright yellow flower. Additionally, it can be found on gibber plains or in deep red sand dunes.
Location: Driving into Poeppel Corner
Bristly Sea Heath ( Frankenia Serpyllifolia)
The Bristly Sea Heath (pictured below) can grow up to 30 centimetres tall. The flowers are small and numerous, with five petals in a shade of pink.
Location: Driving into Poeppel Corner
Camel Bush, Cattle Bush ( Trichodesma zeylanicum)
The camel or cattle bush (pictured below) can grow up to 1 metre tall covered with stiff, grey hairs. The flowers are pale to deep blue, tubular, and opening up to a bell shape with five petals.
Location: Driving into Poeppel Corner
Grey Rattlepod (Crotalaria dissitiflora)
The Grey Rattlepod ( pictured below) grows up to 30 centimetres tall. Young stems have whiteish hairs, and the leaves are grey-green with three leaflets at the end of a long stalk. Furthermore, the bright yellow pea-shaped flowers are about 8 to 12 millimetres long, helping to decorate the plant.
Location: Welford National Park
Tangled Mullaa-Mulla ( Ptilotus Latifolius)
The Tangled Mulla Mulla (pictured below) can grow up to 60 centimetres tall with woolly stems and branches. They have silvery-white flowers and sometimes have a dash of pink.
Location: Driving into Poeppel Corner
Australian Hollyhock, Flood Mallow ( Malva Australiana)
The Holllyhock or flood mallow is a tall woody-based plant covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are lilac, pink to white, and have 5 petals. Furthermore, these are predominately veined with a darker pink and around 25 millimetres long.
White Paper Daisy, Common White Daisy ( Rhodanthefloribunda)
The White paper daisy ( pictured below) can grow up to 40 centimetres tall. They have white papery flowers with a bright yellow centre. Consequently, very similar to the Poached egg daisy.
Variable Daisy, fringed Daisy ( brachyscome ciliaris)
The Variable Daisy or fringed Daisy can grow up to 40 centimetres tall. The flowers ranged from white to purple, with a yellow centre on single stalks. Additionally, they will respond to rain at any time of year.
Location: Driving between Eromanga & Windorah
Alternatively, Western Australia is very popular for seeing fields of native Wildflowers. However, keep in mind that it’s very challenging to time and sometimes are not around for months at a time. Otherwise, Botanic Gardens are another option, but much more unique to see in the wild.
Best Time to see them?
They can flourish from Winter (or around Spring ) and after a good season of rain. This can range differently around Australia, but roughly from July to September.
What is considered a Wildflower
A Wildflower is any flowering plant that is grown in the wild without human aid or genetically modified. Additionally, it adapts easily to climate and weather changes.
How many Species are there?
There are over 24,000 species of wonderful Native Australian plants. Consequently, 12,000 of these make their home in Western Australia, and 60% of them are found nowhere else in the world.
Wrap up – Photos of Queensland Wildflowers
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