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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Wurmbea inflata (Colchicaceae), a new species from the Gascoyne region of Western Australia
MACFARLANE, T.D. AND CASE, A.L.

A new species of Wurmbea, W. inflata T.Macfarlane & A.Case, is described and illustrated with photographs and a distribution map. The new species is known from a number of populations from the Kennedy Range to east of Mt Augustus, where it grows on rocky hillsides. It is notable for the enlarged fruits composed of four carpels.