Swamp Bottlebrush / Beaufortia sparsa, Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia

Swamp Bottlebrush (Beaufortia sparsa) grows on Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range in Western Australia (WA). Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet.

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Swamp Bottlebrush (Beaufortia sparsa) grows on Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range in Western Australia (WA). Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet.