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Wurmbea tenella (Endl.) Benth.
Eight Nancy

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:28-29 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Cormous, perennial, herb, 0.03-0.1 m high, hermaphrodite. Fl. white/white-pink, May to Aug. Red sand, clay, loam, limestone, sometimes saline. Granite rocks, seasonally-wet places, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 June 1994
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Manjimup, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, West Arthur, Westonia, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.