Sida petrophila, Rock Sida, flowering on the roadside at Copley.
Mulla Mulla
Ptilotus flowers light up the hills of Arkaroola in the late afternoon sun during mid winter.
Velvet Tobacco
Velvet Tobacco, Nicotiana velutina, is a relative of Pituri flowering during mid winter at Stubbs Waterhole, Arkaroola.
Sturt’s Desert Pea
The stunning Sturt’s Desert Pea, Swainsonia formosa, with 10cm flowers in mid winter.
Water’s edge: Retention Dam
As the water in the Copley Retention Dam recedes, rounds of colonising forbs germinate in colourful bands at the water’s edge.
Australian Lesser Wanderer Butterflies feeding on Cattlebush
Australian Lesser Wanderer (Danaus petilia) butterflies feeding on Cattlebush flowers after rains in the Gammon Ranges in early June.
More on the Australian Lesser Wanderer available here.
Xanthorrhoea on top of the Pinnacles
Xanthorrhoea covering the top of one of the striking Pinnacle outcrops of Arkaroola’s Mawson Valley.
Woolly-fruit Bluebush: Arkaroola
Flowering Maireana: Yankaninna
Koch’s Twinleaf
Near threatened in the Flinders Ranges, Zygophyllum kochii was seen in calcareous mallee soils in the Gammon Ranges.
