Podolepis gracilis

Common name: Slender Podolepis

Meaning of name:

Podolepis is from the Greek words podos, meaning foot, and lepis, meaning scale. Gracilis is Latin for thin or slender.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia.

Description:

A slender annual to 50 centimetres tall. The white flowers are produced from August 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.