Xanthosia rotundifolia Southern Cross Endemic
Only when the flowers are fully open and mature can you be guaranteed to see the obvious cross shape which gives this plant its common name. The flowers are white or cream but the reproductive parts can go quite orange in the later stages of flowering. It is found on the south coast of Australia quite abundantly around the Albany region but apart from an isolated pocket east of Perth there is none to be found in Western Australia north of a latitude going through Margaret River.
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Frenchman's Bay near Albany, Western Australia 21st September 2012
Added on December 12th 2014