Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica

Early Nancy at Wee Jasper, NSW

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Identification history

Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica	29 Oct 2024	MichaelMulvaney
Wurmbea (genus)	27 Oct 2024	JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Unverified	27 Oct 2024	courtneyb

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

27 Oct 2024

More photographs please of these flowers,
and of the base leaf .

The nectaries appear farther than usual down the tepals.
The tepals' tips appear to have deep pink colour like the nectary colour.
Appears a female (unisexual) plant.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Oct 2024

Given the location and amount of purple at base of petals and that all flowers look to be female - I think this is Wumbea diocea

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

29 Oct 2024

I suggest looking further at this plant as a candidate for one of the other subspecies or a different new subspecies, ie.:
*Wurmbea dioica* subsp. ...? .
Or simply *Wurmbea dioica* (without any subspecies) .

Beyond the author of this sighting and those who can go look at this plant first hand, to look into this plant by photographs any more than this distant photograph,
obviously we need more close–up, clear, photographs made, if possible please @courtneyb ?!?

Some questions:
• do the tepals have any white part below the pink area including the nectaries?
• the tepals have significantly different shape from usual *Wurmbea dioica* subsp. *dioica* – what gives regarding the shape – any more plants like this in this area please ?
• Again the base leaf information please ?
• etcetera .

See related but not the same subspecies,
including subsp. *brevifolia* which must occur in NSW as well as in NW Vic. and SA. including along the borders to NSW,
referenced here :
• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/2f9d0b53-9aee-4d65-9f5a-63e8ddc1fc73
• APNI : https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Wurmbea+dioica&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=apni&search=true
• Not yet recorded in the Flora of NSW online : https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Wurmbea
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Location information

Coordinates 148.597886 -35.215972
Altitude 805.0m
Maps Micalong Gorge
Places Wee Jasper, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Oct 2024 08:23 AM Recorded on
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Plants Lilies & Irises courtneyb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 10cm Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica Scientific name
Early Nancy Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 982m Recorded at altitude
606 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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