The Blue Mountains of New South Wales
is a treasure trove of stunning wildflowers.
It is estimated that there are over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the park. This website has barely a tenth of these.
Historically the Blue Mountains area was "saved" from farming, grazing and settlement by its rugged terrain.
The Blue Mountains National Park covers 250,000 hectares and is located 60km from Sydney.
In November 2000, the Greater Blue Mountains (including the Blue Mountains National Park) was listed as a World Heritage Area. It covers over one million hectares.
I am indebted to -
- Les Robinson's Field Guide To the Native Plants of Sydney (Kangaroo Press, 2003),
- Margaret Baker & Robin Corringham's Native Plants of the Blue Mountains (A Three Sisters Publication,1995), and
- Royal Botanic Gardens' PlantNET website.
These reference sources have greatly assisted me in identifying the Park's wildflowers.
A full index of web pages and their images follows.
Blue Mountains National Park -
Acacias & Myrtles web page
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images include -
- Bloodwood
- Hedgehog Wattle
- Lunate-leaved Acacia
- Ploughshare Wattle
- Prickly Moses
- Sunshine Wattle
- Swamp Wattle
- Sweet-scented Wattle
- Sydney Golden Wattle
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- Blue Mountains Ash
- Common Fringe Myrtle
- Darwinia taxifolia
- Paperbark Tea-tree
- Pink Buttons
- Pink Tea-tree
- Prickly Tea-tree
- Scribbly Gum
- Silver-top Ash
- Small Leaf Tea-tree
- Spider Tea-tree
- Tantoon
- Weeping Baeckea
- Woolly Tea-tree
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Blue Mountains National Park -
Banksias, Grevilleas, Drumsticks & Conesticks web page
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images include -
- Hairpin Banksia
- Heath Banksia
- Old Man Banksia
- Silver Banksia
- Dagger Hakea
- Finger Hakea
- Hakea pachyphylla
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- Bog Grevillea
- Green Spider Flower
- Grey Spider Flower
- Juniper Grevillea
- Laurel-leaf Grevillea
- Pink Spider Flower
- Rosemary Grevillea
- Broad-leaf Drumsticks
- Conesticks
- Stalked Conesticks
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- Broad-leaved Geebung
- Lance Leaf Geebung
- Laurel-leaf Geebung
- Mossy Geebung
- Mountain Geebung
- Narrow-leaved Geebung
- Persoonia recedens
- Soft Geebung
- and a mystery Geebung
- Crinkle Bush
- Mountain Devil
- Mountain Symphionema
- NSW Waratah
- Sprawling Smoke-bush
- Variable Smoke-bush
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Blue Mountains National Park -
Pea Flowers, Orchids, Lillies & Irises web page
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images include -
- Broad-leaf Wedge Pea
- Clustered Bitter-pea
- Common Hovea
- Dainty Wedge Pea
- Dense Phyllota
- Dillwynia brunioides
- Dillwynia elegans
- Gorse Bitter Pea
- Halo Bush-pea
- Heathy Mirbelia
- Heathy Parrot Pea
- Large Wedge Pea
- Large-flowered Mirbelia
- Leafless Globe-pea
- Mirbelia baueri
- Native Holly
- Pultenaea canescens
- Rough Bush-pea
- Sword Bossiaea
- Variable Bossiaea
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- Chocolate-Lip Leafy Greenhood
- Dusky Fingers
- Large Dark Orchid
- Large Tongue Orchid
- Native Potato
- Nodding Greenhood
- Pink Fingers
- Red Beardie
- Slender Sun Orchid
- Small Waxlip Orchid
- Spotted Sun Orchid
- Tall Leek Orchid
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- Alania endlicheri
- Common Fringe Lily
- Golden Weather-grass
- Nodding Chocolate Lily
- Rush Lily
- Tufted Blue-lily
- Dwarf Purple Flag
- Leafy Purple Flag
- Silky Purple Flag
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Blue Mountains National Park -
Boronias, Guinea Flowers & Heath web page
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images include -
- Pale Pink Boronia
- Small Leaved Boronia
- Stiff Boronia
- Sydney Boronia
- Alpine Phebalium
- Rough Wax Plant
- Wax Flower
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- Brown Guinea Flower
- Erect Guinea Flower
- Leafy Guinea Flower
- Thyme Guinea Flower
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- Blunt-leaf Heath
- Coral Heath
- Daphne Heath
- Fuchsia Heath
- Lance Beard-heath
- Necklace Heath
- NSW Coral Heath
- Pink Swamp Heath
- Prickly Broom Heath
- Red Five Corners
- Snow Wreath
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Blue Mountains National Park -
Smaller Families web page
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images include -
- Apple Berry
- Andromeda Pomaderris
- Angel Sword
- Bitter Cryptandra
- Black Sassafras
- Black Wattle
- Black-eyed Susan
- Blue Dampiera
- Blunt Sandalwood
- Broom Spurge
- Carrot Tops
- Daisy-leaved Goodenia
- Euphrasia bowdeniae
- Fairies' Wings
- Fish Bones
- Forked Comb Fern
- Forked Sundew
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- Grass Triggerplant
- Heath-leaved Poranthera
- Hop Goodenia
- Lesser Flannel Flower
- Matchheads
- Mistletoe
- Narrow-leaved Triggerplant
- Native Parsnip
- Native Sarsaparilla
- Native Violet
- Olax
- Old Man’s Beard
- Pink Flannel Flower
- Purple Dampiera
- Purple Eyebright
- Rice-flower Pseudanthus
- River Rose
- Scented Marsdenia
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- Silky Daisy Bush
- Single Bladderwort
- Slender Rice Flower
- Slender Violet-bush
- Small St. John's Wort
- Snake Flower
- Spiny-headed Mat-rush
- Sweet Pittosporum
- Sydney Flannel Flower
- Thyme Mitrewort
- Thyme Spurge
- Triggerplant
- Variable-leaved Goodenia
- Varied Mitrewort
- White Marianth
- White Root
- White Sour Bush
- Woolly Xanthosia
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