Early Nancy

Lindsay H — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:07:00 GMT

Small plant with strap type leaves growing in a crack in rocks. The flower has six petals and is approximately 30 > 40 mm across. Widespread and common in a range of habitats throughout southem parts of the State within the 250 mm isohyet; in forest, woodland, grassland, rock outcrops, mallee and mallee-heath.
Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Wurmbea Species: dioica Main Flower Colour: Pink

Early Nancy

Member - John and Val — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 05:14:00 GMT

Early Nancy announces that spring has arrived on the NSW southern tablelands. A perennial forb to 30cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stem, sometimes the lower two at the base of the plant, with a sheath at the base. Leaves 10-35cm long, 0.2-10mm wide, threadlike or linear to flat, hairless, tapering to a long threadlike point. Male and female flowers often on separate plants, or male, female, and bisexual flowers on the one plant. Flowers slightly scented, with 6 'petals', white with a purple band or a purple centre, or greenish or yellowish with a purple or greenish band. Flowers in racemes of 1-11 flowers at the tops of the flowering stems.
Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Wurmbea Species: dioica Main Flower Colour: White

Colchicaceae Wurmbea dioica Wildflowers

Early Nancy

Early Nancy