Blumea_tenella

<i>Blumea tenella</i>

Blumea tenella

Species of flowering plant

Blumea tenella is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae found in northern Australia from Queensland through the Northern Territory to Western Australia.[1] It is also found in Indonesia, Borneo, New Guinea and New Caledonia.[2]

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Blumella tenella is an aromatic herb with yellow flowers, growing from 3 to 40 cm high. It is found on rocky or loam soils and on cracking clay on river flood plains, near creeks and swamps.[3]

Blumea tenella was first described in 1834 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[4]

The Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call this plant Ngurnungurna.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Blumea tenella". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    C.R. Dunlop, A.E. Orchard (2020), "Blumea tenella", Flora of Australia, Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, retrieved 6 November 2021
  3. [3]
    "Blumea tenella". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. [4]
    Candolle, A.P. de (1834). Wight, R. (ed.). "Compositae". Contributions to the Botany of India: 13.
  5. [5]
    Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 91. Wikidata Q106088428.


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