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Kings Park in May

Seasonal Western Australian Wildflowers and scenic views of Perth City on the Swan River add to the enjoyment of a walk in Kings Park Botanic Gardens on a sunny day in May.

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Enlarge photo 1 Entering Kings Park
Fraser Avenue lined by Lemon-scented gums (Corymbia citriodora) which were planted in 1938.
Enlarge photo 2 Lemon-scented gums (Corymbia citriodora)
Frasers Restaurant beyond the trees.
Enlarge photo 3 Darwinia leiostyla
Erect shrub, 0.3–1.5 m high. Flowers; red, pink, white, Jan/May–Dec.
Enlarge photo 4 Darwinia leiostyla
Sandy clay, black peaty sand, yellow sand, quartzite, sandstone. Rocky sites, streamlines, slopes of gullies and ranges.
Enlarge photo 5 Darwinia leiostyla
Enlarge photo 6 Darwinia leiostyla
Distribution: South-west, Esperance plains, Jarrah forest.
Enlarge photo 7 Cranbrook Bell
Darwinia meeboldii.
Enlarge photo 8 Cranbrook Bell
Darwinia meeboldii.
Erect, spindly shrub, 0.5–3 m high. Flowers; red, white, green, Aug–Nov. Peaty soils over quartzite. Hill slopes.

Enlarge photo 9 Cranbrook Bell
Darwinia meeboldii.
Enlarge photo 10 Cranbrook Bell
Darwinia meeboldii.
Distribution: Cranbrook and western end of Stirling Range.

Enlarge photo 11 Cranbrook Bell
Darwinia meeboldii.
Enlarge photo 12 Cranbrook Bell
Darwinia meeboldii.
Conservation Status: Declared rare.

Enlarge photo 13 Nematolepis phebalioides
Erect or spreading or straggling shrub, 0.3–3 m high. Flowers; red, green, yellow, Mar–Dec.
Enlarge photo 14 Nematolepis phebalioides
Distribution: Southern Heathland.
Enlarge photo 15 Nematolepis phebalioides
Sandy & clayey soils. Coastal limestone, sand dunes & sandplains, lateritic hills.
Enlarge photo 16 Bullich (Eucalyptus megacarpa)
Patterned bark of lower tree trunk.
Enlarge photo 17 Bullich (Eucalyptus megacarpa)
Mid section of trunk.
Enlarge photo 18 Bullich (Eucalyptus megacarpa)
Upper section of tree.
Enlarge photo 19 Bullich (Eucalyptus megacarpa)
Mallee or tree, 2–35 m high, bark smooth. Flowers; white, Apr–Nov. Distribution: Karri forest.
Enlarge photo 20 Bullich (Eucalyptus megacarpa)
Enlarge photo 21 Dandaragan Wattle
Acacia sp. Dandaragan.
Distribution: Northern Heathland.

Enlarge photo 22 Dandaragan Wattle
Acacia sp. Dandaragan.
Enlarge photo 23 Dandaragan Wattle
Acacia sp. Dandaragan.
Enlarge photo 24 Dandaragan Wattle
Acacia sp. Dandaragan.
Enlarge photo 25 Dandaragan Wattle
Acacia sp. Dandaragan.
Enlarge photo 26 Southern Plains Banksia
Banksia media (prostrate).
Distribution: Southern Heathland.

Enlarge photo 27 Southern Plains Banksia
Banksia media (prostrate).
Enlarge photo 28 Ashby's Banksia
Banksia ashbyi.
Distribution: Northern Heathland.

Enlarge photo 29 Ashby's Banksia
Banksia ashbyi.
Enlarge photo 30 Ashby's Banksia
Banksia ashbyi. Small tree or shrub, 1–8 m high, no lignotuber or lignotuber present. Flowers; yellow, orange, Feb–Sep/Dec.
Enlarge photo 31 Hooker's Banksia
Banksia hookeriana.
Distribution: Northern Heathland.

Enlarge photo 32 Hooker's Banksia
Banksia hookeriana.
Much-branched, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.5–3 m high. Flowers, yellow, orange, Apr–Oct.

Enlarge photo 33 Aniseed Boronia
Boronia crenulata.
Shrub, 0.25–1.2 m high. Flowers; pink, purple, red, May–Feb.

Enlarge photo 34 Aniseed Boronia
Boronia crenulata.
Enlarge photo 35 Yellow Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos pulcherrimus.
Rhizomatous, perennial, herb, 0.2–1 m high. Flowers; yellow.

Enlarge photo 36 Yellow Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos pulcherrimus.
Distribution: Northern Heathland.

Enlarge photo 37 Yellow Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos pulcherrimus.
Enlarge photo 38 State War Memorial Cenotaph, Perth
Situated at the top of Kings Park and Botanic Garden escarpment, overlooking the city of Perth with beautiful views of the Swan and Canning Rivers and the Darling Ranges.
Enlarge photo 39 State War Memorial Cenotaph, Perth
The memorial was developed around an 18m tall obelisk as the principal feature, which is almost a replica of the Australian Imperial Force Memorials erected in France and Belgium. This makes for a very impressive ANZAC Day Dawn Service.
Enlarge photo 40 City of Perth and Swan River
Viewed from near the State War Memorial in Kings Park.