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# Stirling Range wildflowers #

The south-west of Western Australia is a global biodiversity hotspot primarily for its extraordinarily rich flora. The Stirling Range is the epicentre of that diversity.
It is reported officially that the Stirling Range National Park’s 1,700 species of plant is a total exceeding that for the entire British Isles. A remarkable number of these occur nowhere else.
As we moved around the Park, seemingly every corner of the road revealed a new set of species.
Here's a small sample of that diversity.

See the previous gallery for some of the landscapes these species occur in.
Stirling Range Bottlebrush (Beaufortia cyrtodonta)
Stirling Range Bottlebrush (Beaufortia cyrtodonta)		 Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)
Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)		 Southern Cross (Xanthosia rotundifolia)
Southern Cross (Xanthosia rotundifolia)		 Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea)
Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea)		 Chamelaucium confertiflorum
Chamelaucium confertiflorum		 Petrophile ericifolia
Petrophile ericifolia
Cowslip Orchid (Caladenia flava)
Cowslip Orchid (Caladenia flava)		 Slender Banksia (Banksia attenuata)
Slender Banksia (Banksia attenuata)		 Slender Banksia (Banksia attenuata)
Slender Banksia (Banksia attenuata)		 Harsh Hakea (Hakea prostrata)
Harsh Hakea (Hakea prostrata)		 Harsh Hakea (Hakea prostrata)
Harsh Hakea (Hakea prostrata)		 Blue-tipped Smokebush (Conospermum spectabile)
Blue-tipped Smokebush (Conospermum spectabile)
Prickly Dryandra (Banksia falcata)
Prickly Dryandra (Banksia falcata)		 Posy Starflower (Calytrix leschenaultii)
Posy Starflower (Calytrix leschenaultii)		 Spoon-leaved Peppermint (Taxandria spathulata)
Spoon-leaved Peppermint (Taxandria spathulata)		 Pandanus Hakea (Hakea pandanicarpa subsp crassifolia)
Pandanus Hakea (Hakea pandanicarpa subsp crassifolia)		 Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea)
Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea)		 Synaphea sp
Synaphea sp
Catspaw (Anigozanthos humilis)
Catspaw (Anigozanthos humilis)		 bark from Eucalyptus sp
bark from Eucalyptus sp		 Pink Bottlebrush (Beaufortia schaueri)
Pink Bottlebrush (Beaufortia schaueri)		 montane heath
montane heath		 Stirling Range Banksia (Banksia solandri)
Stirling Range Banksia (Banksia solandri)

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Nirvan Hope04-Feb-2020 23:52
An amazing number of species for a National Park. Such diversity. What a treat to see that, and for you to share the beauty.
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