| Wurmbea fluviatilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Wurmbea |
| Species: | W. fluviatilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Wurmbea fluviatilis T.D.Macfarl. & A.L.Case [1] | |
Wurmbea fluviatilis is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet fluviatilis (‘riverine’) refers to the species' riverside habitat. [1]
The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 15–55 cm. Its bicoloured dark pink and white to pale pink flowers appear from June to August in years when there has been sufficient rainfall. [1]
The species is found in the Gascoyne IBRA bioregion of north-western Western Australia. [2] It grows in damp clay or sandy-clay soils on riverbanks, sometimes in water at the margins of shallow pools. [1]
Terry Desmond Macfarlane is a botanist and taxonomist, who has worked in both Australia and Peru. A senior research scientist at the Western Australian Herbarium, Macfarlane is associate editor of its journal Nuytsia and currently collaborates with researchers across Australia and in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Russia, Spain and United Kingdom. He was also involved in the development of FloraBase, the Western Australian flora database.
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