Language                                                   Name

Noongar-Wudjari (W8):                 

Noongar-Nyoongar/Baaduk (W41):       Ngoop yongkurr maar, Yongkurr maar

Common name:                                         Kangaroo paw, red kangaroo paw, crimson kangaroo paw,

Scientific name:                                         Anigozanthos rufus

Group name for Plants

Wudjari:                                                       Dek

Nyoongar/Baaduk:                                    Dek

Group name for Flowers

Wudjari:                                                       Djet

Nyoongar/Baaduk:                                    Djet

Nyoongar: ngoop = blood, yongkurr = kangaroo, maar = hand 

Looks like: 
Nyoongar: Kangaroo paw (marr = hand). Blood red colour. 

Feels like:
Nyoongar: Flower is soft and velvety. Leaves are smooth and the centre of the leaf is shiny. Seeds at the bottom of the flower makes the base of the flower lumpy. 

Tastes like:
Nyoongar: Can eat the leaves - tastes like bush bread.

Smells like: 
Nyoongar: Sweet smell - subtle smell; you have to get close to smell it

Food:
Nyoongar: You can eat the leaves - The white part at the bottom of the central leaf. 


Medicine:

Other uses:

Nyoongar: Sandy places, coastal plains.

Nyoongar: Very beautiful and waves as the wind blows.

Nyoongar: Like all plants, we are a part of them. It is totemic. the Yongkurr (kangaroo) is a man's connection.

Nyoongar: Stayed around through Djeran, Djilba, Kambarang and Birak (autumn, spring and summer). Dies off at the end of summer.

Birak
Nyoongar: Flowering throughout Birak, but dies off at the end of summer.
 

Boonaroo
 

Djeran
Nyoongar: Flowering in autumn.
 

Mookaroo
 

Djilba
Nyoongar: Flowering in spring.
 

Kambarang
Nyoongar: Flowering in spring.

Belongs to country. They are integral to the ecological system of Australia, and Taalyaraak Country.

Nyoongar: Totemic.

Nyoongar: The Kangaroo. The Bees.

Nyoongar: All plants and animals have a connection to the outer world. It's a man's connection through the yongka.

Nyoongar: They grow with a rhizome root. You can split and divide the rhizome to propagate them. It is essential to preserve these plants rather than clear land, because they only grow in certain areas.