Burchardia multiflora

Common name: Dwarf Burchardia

Meaning of name:

Burchardia honours Johann Heinrich Burckhard (1676 – 1738), a German botanist. Multiflora is from the Latin words multus, meaning many, and floris, meaning flower.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia.

Description:

The flower stems are up to 27 centimetres tall above slender leaves. The pinkish white flowers, produced from July to October, have purple anthers.

Notes:

The colour of the anthers is the easiest way to separate Burchardia multiflora and Burchardia congesta. Burchardia congesta has yellow anthers.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2899048

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1385