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Rumicastrum balonense
About
Parakeelya balonensis is a species of succulent plant native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia. Common names for the plant include parakeelya, broad-leaf parakeelya, broad-leaved parakeelya and Balonne parakeelya. Parakeelya derives from one of the many Aboriginal Australian names for the plant. The scientific name for the species comes from the Balonne River in Queensland, where the first specimen was found. Calandrinia, its former genus, is named for Jean Louis Calandrini, a 19th-century Genevan professor and botanical author, P. balonensis is marketed as a garden plant under the name Calandrinia ‘Mystique’.
- Family
- Montiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Rumicastrum balonense
- Slug
- rumicastrum-balonense
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Rumicastrum
- Species
- balonense
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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