In late May this year, Nathan Heal (Wheatbelt NRM) and Mike Griffiths (WWF) were visiting a bush property near Kellerberrin and stopped to photograph a small lily-like plant with bright pink flowers. The plant was one of a group of lily relatives called nancies, typically with tiny delicate pale coloured flowers – and was later identified as Wurmbea densiflora by botanical staff at the WA Herbarium.
This species is well known from the Murchison and Gascoyne regions but is very uncommon this far south, with the Herbarium having very few collections from the central Wheatbelt. Having relatively large, bright pink flowers, it is one of the very few nancies that can be spotted from a moving vehicle! It is often found around granite outcrops, as was the case at Kellerberrin where it was surrounded by York Gums and small granite-loving plants like pincushions. Click on the photo for more information.
This species is well known from the Murchison and Gascoyne regions but is very uncommon this far south, with the Herbarium having very few collections from the central Wheatbelt. Having relatively large, bright pink flowers, it is one of the very few nancies that can be spotted from a moving vehicle! It is often found around granite outcrops, as was the case at Kellerberrin where it was surrounded by York Gums and small granite-loving plants like pincushions. Click on the photo for more information.
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