Publisher's Synopsis
This guide is designed to be of interest to "bushwalkers" or anyone interested in identifying Australian wildflowers. The book is divided into seven colour sections - purple-blue, orange-red, pink, yellow, white, cream and green - so that identification is made easier. A colour wheel is reproduced at the beginning of the book for those not sure of how to define colour.;Each entry contains information on flowering time, description of foliage, flower and seeds, botanic and common species name and family name. There is also a section on growing wildflowers, vegetation types, habitats, such as deserts, schlerophyll forests, woodlands, heathlands and coastal areas. A guide to photographing wildflowers, equipment needed and a glossary of terms is included. Denise Greig is the author of "What to Plant" and "Let the Garden Go".