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Spikelilies
Wurmbea
Wurmbea is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Colchicaceae, native to Africa and Australia. There are about 50 species, with about half endemic to each continent.
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Early Nancy
speciesWurmbea dioica

Pink Spikelily
speciesWurmbea punctata

Wurmbea variabilis
speciesWurmbea variabilis

Wurmbea biglandulosa
speciesWurmbea biglandulosa

Marsh Spikelily
speciesWurmbea stricta

inland star lily
speciesWurmbea australis

Black Spikelily
speciesWurmbea recurva

Whitehead
speciesWurmbea spicata

Wurmbea tenella
speciesWurmbea tenella

Winter Spikelily
speciesWurmbea hiemalis

Wurmbea monopetala
speciesWurmbea monopetala

Wurmbea latifolia
speciesWurmbea latifolia

Wurmbea marginata
speciesWurmbea marginata

Wurmbea uniflora
speciesWurmbea uniflora

Scorched Spikelily
speciesWurmbea inusta

Pepper-and-Salt Spikelily
speciesWurmbea elatior

Wurmbea kraussii
speciesWurmbea kraussii

Wurmbea elongata
speciesWurmbea elongata

Wurmbea flavanthera
speciesWurmbea flavanthera

Wurmbea sinora
speciesWurmbea sinora

Cape Spikelily
speciesWurmbea capensis

Mosquitolily
speciesWurmbea glassii

Wurmbea graniticola
speciesWurmbea graniticola

Wurmbea centralis
speciesWurmbea centralis

Wurmbea citrina
speciesWurmbea citrina

Wurmbea monantha
speciesWurmbea monantha

Wurmbea burttii
speciesWurmbea burttii

Wurmbea inframediana
speciesWurmbea inframediana

Wurmbea densiflora
speciesWurmbea densiflora

Wurmbea compacta
speciesWurmbea compacta

Wurmbea odorata
speciesWurmbea odorata

Wurmbea dolichantha
speciesWurmbea dolichantha

Star Nancy
speciesWurmbea stellata

Wurmbea deserticola
speciesWurmbea deserticola

Wurmbea burrowsii
speciesWurmbea burrowsii

Wurmbea pygmaea
speciesWurmbea pygmaea

Wurmbea angustifolia
speciesWurmbea angustifolia

Wurmbea drummondii
speciesWurmbea drummondii

Wurmbea novae-zelandiae
speciesWurmbea novae-zelandiae

Wurmbea minima
speciesWurmbea minima

Wurmbea cernua
speciesWurmbea cernua

Wurmbea murchisoniana
speciesWurmbea murchisoniana

Wurmbea pusilla
speciesWurmbea pusilla

Wurmbea tenuis
speciesWurmbea tenuis

Wurmbea inflata
speciesWurmbea inflata

Wurmbea dilatata
speciesWurmbea dilatata

Wurmbea viridiflora
speciesWurmbea viridiflora

Wurmbea tubulosa
speciesWurmbea tubulosa

Wurmbea robusta
speciesWurmbea robusta
Wurmbea decumbens
speciesWurmbea decumbens
Wurmbea calcicola
speciesWurmbea calcicola
Wurmbea saccata
speciesWurmbea saccata
Wurmbea nilpinna
speciesWurmbea nilpinna
Wurmbea fluviatilis
speciesWurmbea fluviatilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120086.