Stirlingia latifolia Blueboy Endemic
Stirlingia latifolia is quite a tall plant (over 1 m) and has glaucous wide leaves with many flowers which can be yellow, browny yellow or reddish. As a flower begins to produce seed heads a strange combination of flower parts makes it look like the product of a science fiction writer's imagination. It is popular as a plant for flower arrangements and can be grown from seed. The common name Blueboy was given because early builders who used the sand in which Stirlingia latifolia usually grows to make plaster, found that the plaster turned blue.
Stirlingia latifolia is common from Geraldton down to south of Margaret River and around Albany.
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Moore Reserve, 8th September 2007
Added on March 13th 2012