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Wurmbea tenella
Wurmbea tenella, eight nancy, is a small tuberous perennial from Western Australia that grows to about 10 cm tall and is grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts. Its key need is a seasonal cycle: wet in winter and spring, then dry and dormant in summer.
Wurmbea tenella, common name - eight nancy, is a perennial herb in the Colchicaceae family that is native to Western Australia.
It grows in places which are seasonally wet, often on or near granite outcrops, but is also found on sandy plains, on salty red loam amongst chenopods, on limestone plains and in eucalypt woodlands.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wurmbea tenella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
