Levenhookia stipitata

Common name: Common Stylewort

Meaning of name:

Levenhookia is named in honour of Antonius van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), a Dutch zoologist and microscopist, who discovered the capillary circulation of the blood. Stipitata is from the Latin words stipes, meaning trunk of a tree. Botanically it refers to having a stalk.

Distribution:

Occurs in the south west of Western Australia.

Description:

A herb to 10 centimetres tall. The pink flowers are produced from October to December.

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/2909279

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7677