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I believe this to be native and endemic wedge guinea flower - any advice welcome.

Natural environment and range is within forests and woodland from south-east Queensland down through New South Wales and in to eastern Victoria.

Hibbertia is a genus of around 150 species, most of which occur naturally in Australia. They are generally small to medium shrubs with yellow, buttercup-like flowers.

Hibbertia diffusa is a small, low growing shrub. The yellow flowers occur in spring and in to summer.

Prostrate, growing to around 30 to 50 cm in height.

Flowers are around 25 mm in diameter.

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Conostylis setigera is a rhizomatous, perennial, grass-like plant in the family Haemodoraceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Commonly known as bristly cottonhead. This is the variety 'Lemon Lights'.

The star-like flowers are woolly/hairy and blooms are produced from August to November in spring.

Here we see an open flower accompanied by buds that have yet to open.

Each petal around 10 mm. Plant grows to around 30 cm in height.

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Leptospermum flavescens ‘Cardwell’ is an evergreen native plant. Flowering profusely in late winter through to late spring, the branches are covered by masses of small white flowers. So pretty.

Seen here are also the tiny pink-flushed flower buds.

It is attractive even when not in flower, with a beautiful weeping habit, and the leaves are aromatic when crushed.

Formally described as Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. tropicum (syn: L. flavescens) which grows around the Cardwell area in northern Queensland.

Growing to 2 m in height.

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Melaleuca thymifolia is a native species which forms a small shrub up to 1 m in height.

Natural range is the east coast of New South Wales and southern Queensland extending about 200km inland.

The pretty 'lace-like' flowers occur in clusters and have a distinctive 'claw' configuration which clearly shows the united stamens that are a feature of the genus.

Leaves are 10 mm in length.

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The beautiful spring-time hot pink of Geraldton waxflower, Chamelaucium uncinatum.

The profusion of long lasting waxy flowers on a spreading, dense shrub are the outstanding feature of this iconic Australian plant. Growing up 4 m in height.

Native to south-west Western Australia.

The foliage is aromatic when crushed. Flowers are small and have five petals, ten stamens, and are followed by small, hardened fruit.

Each flower 10 to 15 mm diameter.

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Acacia, commonly known as wattle, is a genus of flowering plants that are native to this country. Species occur in all Australian states and territories, and on its nearby islands. About 20 species occur naturally outside Australia, (7 of which also occur in Australia).

They are the largest genus of flowering plants in Australia, with around 1,000 species. Acacias are distinguished by their small, often fragrant flowers which are arranged in compact globular or cylindrical clusters. The flowers are usually yellow but occasionally white and have many stamens apiece, giving each one a fuzzy appearance.

Australia's national flower is the golden wattle Acacia pycnantha.

This is a macro of a winter flowering wattle. Mature and developing flowers can be seen. Photographed in situ.

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Beautiful native Pandorea jasminoides photographed after rain.

Commonly known as bower of beauty. It is endemic here on the east coast of Australia.

It is a woody, vigorous climber producing white or pink trumpet-shaped flowers.

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These lovely little flowers belong to native Myoporum parvifolium, commonly known as creeping boobialla and creeping myoporum.

A prostrate, spreading shrub with glabrous leaves. Growing in to a mat up to 3 m wide.

Flowers are around 7 mm in diameter.

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What a lovely place to rest a while, on a dainty flower of native Eremophila nivea, commonly known as silky eremophila.

This little hover fly might be within subfamily Syrphinae, the slender hover flies.

Around 8 mm body length.

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Unfurling, untwisting..the filaments on a bottlebrush inflorescence, taken in September.

Signalling the arrival of spring in these southern lands.

Bottlebrush are native to this country and loved by humans, birds and insects alike.

This is Callistemon citrinus 'Endeavour'. The flower spike is around 10 cm in length. Each filament unfurled, around 35 mm.

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So beautiful the native Leptospermum in my garden, this being a hybrid 'Lemon Frost'.

This is a fine-leafed tea tree with a fresh lemon scent and abundant starry white flowers in spring/summer. Flowers are loved by bees, butterflies and the smaller honeyeater birds.

Around 2 m height. Each flower 10 mm diameter.

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Photographed in situ, pointing up to a grey, cloudy sky.

Such a lovely show right now on our native bower vine, Pandorea jasminoides. Endemic here on the east of Australia. Commonly known as bower of beauty.

This plant is a woody climber, found naturally in rainforest. The pretty flowers are produced from September through until around March and are 6 cm in diameter.

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One of the most popular grevilleas to grow and a plant that I enjoy all year, thanks to its prolific flowering through all seasons.

This is Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' and its parentage is Grevillea banksii x Grevillea bipinnatifida.

The birds also love this evergreen, spreading shrub with its attractive, unique flowers and fern-like foliage.

Botanically, this is an inflorescence - a cluster of paired flowers.

Growing to around 1.5 m in height and 1.5 m spread.

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With its little bright white flowers and gorgeous weeping burgundy foliage, this Leptospermum is truly beautiful.

It is L. obovatum 'Starry Night'.

This native tea tree is a tall shrub attracting butterflies, bees and other insects.

Around 2 m in height. Each flower up tp 15 mm diameter.

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These tiny and pretty little flowers belong to native Myoporum parvivfolium, commonly known as creeping myoporum and creeping boobialla.

Genus Myoporum has around 30 species within it, of which 16 are endemic to this country.

This plant is prostrate in habit and can form broad mats of foliage several metres in diameter.

Each of these little flowers is just 7 mm diameter.

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The long-leaf waxflower Philotheca myoporoides is an Australian native plant, growing naturally in Queensland, here in New South Wales and Victoria.

Seen near a creek in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

It is a hardy, large shrub with a long flowering season of tiny white to pale pink flowers. Leaves are sessile, oblong to egg-shaped and glandular-warty. The foliage emits a lovely citrus-like aroma.

Each flower no bigger than 10 mm. Seen here are two flowers with some unopened buds.

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An Eastern Spinebill enjoys our enormous and unruly Honeygem Grevillea. It will be getting a much needed prune tomorrow but don’t worry, there will still be plenty of flowers left for the birds (who are frequent visitors!). [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]

A glorious burst of sunshine yellow in the bush during our cooler winter days, Acacia terminalis were flowering in profusion on the walks I took when in the Blue Mountains. It was magical to be surrounded by so many.

Aptly named sunshine wattle, the species is native to the eastern states of this country, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Growing to a large shrub or small tree with an open habit. Foliage is bipinnate.

I read that there are around 1350 Acacia species around the globe, and close to 1000 of these are found in Australia.

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Photographed in situ.

Goodenia ovata is native and endemic to the south-east of this country, seen in forest and woodland.

Growing to 2 m, but this plant I came across had a more prostrate form.

Flowers are small, with the petals being around 20 mm in length.

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In their attempts to reach the bottlebrush blooms offering sweet nectar, the rainbow lorikeets will adopt a wide variety of impressive, gravity defying positions and stretches to achieve their goal.

Seen here on Callistemon citrinus 'Endeavour'.

30 cm body length.

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