Blumea tenella

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]

Blumea tenella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Blumea
Species:
B. tenella
Binomial name
Blumea tenella

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. Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Blumea tenella". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  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. "Blumea tenella". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. Candolle, A.P. de (1834). Wight, R. (ed.). "Compositae". Contributions to the Botany of India: 13.
  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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