Wildflowers at Stirling Ranges

John and Helen,

There are several good one's available "Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia" is the one we mainly use it is by Margaret G Corrick, and Bruce A Fuhrer Edited by Alexander George.

From memory we got it from Dymocks in the city, another good one is Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Australia's South West by Jane Scott and Patricia Negus, again I think we got it from Dymocks.


Good Luck

Regards

Barry H

Gidday

Amateur botanist and photographer Eddy Wajon (his description of himself) has published a number of guides to WA wildflowers, each covering different regions of the state. Part 2 Perth and the Southwest includes plants from the Stirlings.

He has taken a different tack to many by grouping the flowers by colour, rather than species. So if you are looking at a pink flower and don't know the difference between an andersonia and an utricularia you don't have to turn hundreds of pages, just look at the section on pink flowers.

The books are glovebox size guides so may not be something you would find at a library but a good book store should be able to source you one for around $20 ... I got mine direct from the man himself. A google search should help you track him down

Cheers

Rocco

Hi J & H.

Erikson et al is a great start...but, yes, it is limited.

Florabase is a great free resource we use all the time. Chk out http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/search/advanced

There are stacks of field guides around for various genus' such as banksias - maybe do a search of your local library on-line catalogue which should link to the State data base for inter-library loans.

Cheers.