This chapter’s hero is another of the enormous number of WA-endemic flowering plants that thrive in Cape Arid National Park.
Most “wildflowers” position their actual flowers well clear of the ground.
In Australia’s southwestern corner, however, some of the region’s plants are “prostrate” – their flowers may sit on the sand, literally.
If you look carefully at the featured image you will notice that the nearer, otherwise-strikingly-red flowers are sand-flecked.
Lechenaultia formosa – commonly known as red leschenaultia – is a non-endangered species which variously adopts an “erect”/shrubby or a ground-hugging, “prostrate” posture.
Also present in the featured image is a carnivore – a member of the genus Drosera.
Drosera are commonly known as “sundews”; southwestern WA is handsomely the global hotspot for Drosera (all of which lure, trap and devour small insects and arachnids)
Click here to learn more about the genus Leschenaultia; most of its members are WA-endemics.
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