Calandrinia liniflora

Common name: Parakeelya

Meaning of name:

Calandrinia is named after Jean Luis Calandrini, a professor of mathematics and botany at Geneva. Liniflora is from the Latin words linum, meaning flax, and floris, meaning flower.

Distribution:

Along the coast from Shark Bay to Albany.

Description:

This plant has pink to purple flowers on stems up to 20 centimetres long from September to January.

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.

Perth Plants, a field guide to the bushland and coastal flora of Kings Park and Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia. Russell Barrett and Eng Pin Tay. 2005.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2920220

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/2856