Friends of Periwinkle Bushland in Joondalup | Community organisation

Friends of Periwinkle Bushland

Locality: Joondalup

Phone: +61 498 806 182

Address: 28 Periwinkle Road Mullaloo 6027 Joondalup, WA, Australia

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11.01.2022 If you spot red color in Periwinkle bush, mostly likely it is a one-sided bottlebrush or Calothamnus quadrifidus. The genus name Calothamnus means beautiful shrub in Greek (kalos thamnos), and the species name quadrifidus refers to the fact that the flower is divided into four parts, as you can see most clearly in the small buds, before they open. The species was named by Robert Brown, a botanist who travelled with Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator. He collected a specimen of the plant, plus several other Calothamnus species, at Lucky Bay near Esperance on the south coast of WA, in 1802. Source: https://ontheroadmagazine.com.au/on-the-bright-side/

08.01.2022 Finally!!! https://www.theguardian.com//box-seat-scientists-solve-the

08.01.2022 We cannot go out (hopefully it will not last long ) but there are other ways to learn about bushland and stay connected (to each other and nature ). Stay safe https://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/learning-about-bushlands

06.01.2022 There are 173 Banksia species, and all but one occur naturally only in Australia. Banksias were named after Sir Joseph Banks, who, in 1770, was the first European to collect specimens of these plants. ref.: https://www.anbg.gov.au/banksia/

06.01.2022 Happy Australia Day