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Wurmbea monantha

Wurmbea monantha
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0
Family
Colchicaceae (Colchic family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. & SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Wurmbea monantha is a perennial herb that is native to Western Australia. The white to pink flowers are produced between July and September in its native range.

The species was first formally described in 1846 by Austrian botanist Stephen Endlicher in Plantae Preissianae, based on plant material collected from Perth. He gave it the name Anguillaria monantha. The species was transferred to the genus Wurmbea in 1980 by Terry Macfarlane.

Other Wurmbea plants

Inland Star Lily · Wurmbea biglandulosa · Wurmbea calcicola · Wurmbea centralis · Wurmbea cernua · Wurmbea citrina · Wurmbea decumbens · Wurmbea densiflora · Wurmbea deserticola · Wurmbea dilatata · Early Nancy · Wurmbea drummondii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wurmbea monantha 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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