Blue Bush or Blue Bell (Halgania anagalloides). Australian native.

Walking to my car after work in East Perth. Image does not capture the wind swaying the trees and whipping the leaves around.

Eremophlia maculata 'Pink Passion'. On Whadjuk Noongar land.
Possibly known as Emu Bush... like just about every other Eremophlia! 😜

Blue Leschenaultia (Leschenaultia biloba). Native to the hills of Perth.

Native Grass Tree (Xanthorrea australis). Naturally occurring in the Perth hills (this one of a few in my backyard). Whadjuk Noongar land.

Zamia Palm (Macrozamia riedlei). Planted on Whadjuk Noongar land.

Wavy Leafed Hakea (Hakea undulata). On Whadjuk Noongar land in the Perth hills.

Aniseed Boronia (Boronia crenulata). Whadjuk Noongar land.

Weeping grass (Microloena stipoides). In the Perth hills.

York Road Poison (Gastrolobium calycinum). Whadjuk Noongar country in the Perth hills. Flowers from Oct 2024.

Tar Bush (Eremophlia glabra)
On Whadjuk Noongar country.

Hey Perthchat, we're in Lesmurdie.

Green Mat Rush (Lomandra hystrix)
In the Perth hills.

Harsh Hakea (Hakea protrata). In the hills of Perth.

Wavy Leafed Hakea (Hakea undulata). Whadjuk Noongar country.

Sticky Goodenia (Goodenia varia).

Morning Iris (Orthrosanthus laxus). Flowering in Oct 2024 on Whadjuk Noongar country.

Hi Mike. Yes, Sept & Oct is full of colour. An amazing corner of the world.

Grey Cottonheads (Conostylis candicans). In the Perth hills.

'Kind of tastes like a scone': The crop that could become an Aussie food staple A native grass regularly passed on the roadside and seen in paddocks could form the solution to restoring land exhausted by farming, researchers say.

As of 2021 there is a large government-funded project underway to investigate the possibility of growing kangaroo grass commercially in Australia for use as a regular food source for humans.
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02...

Kangaroo Grass has green leaves with stems about 50cm tall with spikelets at the end.

Close up of Kangaroo Grass spikelets.

Close up of Kangaroo Grass spikelets.

Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra). On Whadjuk Noongar country.

Kalbarri Carpet, also known as Tar Bush (Eremophlia glabra). Unable to source a local Noongar name. Located in Perth hills on Whadjuk Noongar country. Photos from Aug 2024.

Variety of Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos flavidus/ viridis /hybrids). Kurulbrang in Noongar language.

Dianella revoluta, also known as the blue flax lily or black-anther flax lily, is a native Australian perennial plant. It has long, narrow leaves that are typically green or blue-green in color, and grows in a clump-forming habit.

Close up of the flower of Dianella revoluta, also known as the blue flax lily or black-anther flax lily. The flowers are blue to violet and are arranged in groups of two to nine, each flower 10–20 mm. Flowering mainly occurs from spring to early summer and the fruit is a blue to purple berry, 4–10 mm long.

Blueberry Lily (Dianella revoluta).
Photo from flowering season in October on Whadjuk Noongar country.

A small green shrub approximately 300 mm tall and 400 mm wide.

Compact form of River Wattle (Acacia cognata Limelight).
In the hills of Perth on Whadjuk Noongar land.

Meet the quokkas: 'surprising' native wildlife found in Perth Hills A program aiming to help improve water quality in the Mandoon Bilya (Helena River) has uncovered a population of the marsupials.

Meet the quokkas: 'surprising' native wildlife found in Perth Hills
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

Marsilea mutica | Australian Plants Society

From resources.austplants.com.au/plant/marsil...
"Aboriginal people ground the dry capsules to produce flour for baking. If consumed without baking this may induce Beriberi, a vitamin B deficiency. The explorers, Burke and Wills, were the most famous casualties."

Nardoo, which refers to a number of clover like plants in the Marsilea genus, is originally an Aboriginal word.

A large blue pot contains water and a two types of water plants.

Nardoo floats on the surface of a large blue pot. Nardoo has four leaves similar to a clover.

Close up of Banded Nardoo leaves. Each four leaflets is up to five centimetres long, wedge-shaped, bright green with a brownish band about halfway along the frond.

Banded Nardoo (Marsilea mutica).