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Philydrella pygmaea

Philydrella pygmaea
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Philydraceae (Philydr family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Philydrella pygmaea is a plant species in the Philydraceae family, first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as Philydrum pygmaeum, and transferred to the genus, Philydrella in 1878 by Teodoro Caruel.

It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Philydrella pygmaea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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