Long-leaf Early Nancy
Female, New Flowers, above
Long-leaf Early Nancy
Female, Flowers, fully open
| Long-leaf Early Nancy Female, New Flowers, above | | Long-leaf Early Nancy Female, Flowers, fully open | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Lilies (Liliales) | ||||
| Family: | Spikelily and Allies (Colchicaceae) | ||||
| Species: | Long-leaf Early Nancy (Wurmbea dioica ssp dioica) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female, New Flowers, profile | ||||
| Other name: | Early Star-lily | ||||
General Species Information: Found in the Murray-Darling, SA, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere Notice the 3 leaves; all 3 with significant length past the point where the leaves narrow. In the "Whole" photo you can see the upper leaf is quite long compared with ssp brevifolia above. As it turns out the purple patterns are not diagnostic in that the flowers can be totally white. We've not seen this, but variations in thickness, colour and purpled edged petals are all variable within the species. | |||||
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