Comment: Unknown wildflower - Please help identify

On enlarging the photo I see Albany area.

That looks a likely match Pop. I may be chasing you for help with some of mine I am stuck on.

Look at this picture of H. Elliptica Val Hakea Elliptica

Leaves may look right bit it does not look like a Hakea flower.

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I looked at Florabase first too Peter, and the leaves match only the bottom centre picture but not the flower or colour. If the person who's Flickr page I linked is correct, that looks like a possible match, and was also from the Albany area.

As Val says "I "think" that the orange coloured bits might be either new leaves or flowerhead bracts." which may explain the lack of the Honeybush type of flowers Hakeas produce.

It still does not meld well with the pictures shown on Florabase, and there are several very different looking plants there.

MH,

Not pinning too higher hope on my wildflower skills.....I hope??? LOL.

Far from any sort of guru I can assure you, just a favourite subject of mine. Something my late father in law got me interested in many years ago and taught me to look a little closer at the intricacies and variety of them.
Having said all that, more than happy to offer whatever info I can.

Peter,

The mind blowing variety of sub species and sometimes minor (and sometimes major) changes of colours, sizes and forms induced by variations in regional, climatic and soil types can give me reason to question whether I am even close to a correct identification.
Looking at the photos available I wonder if we are looking at forming leaves or flowers. The juvenile leaves can quite often look totally different to the mature examples on many plants. Bit hard to say with certainty. Well for me anyway.

Cheers
Pop

Thank you all for helping to identify my plant. Lucienne.