Schenkia australis

Common name: Spike Centaury

Meaning of name:

Schenkia is named after Joseph August von Schenk (1815 – 1891), an Austrian-born German botanist and paleobotanist. Australis is Latin for southern.

Distribution:

Found throughout Australia.

Description:

A herb that grows to approximately 30 centimetres tall. The pink flowers are borne from November to March.

Notes:

This plant was previously known as Centaurium spicatum.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.

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/taxon/apni/51436897

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/41660