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Wurmbea dioica
This winter flower marks the awakening springtime. Purple bars on each of the six petal make a pretty circle and possibly a nectar guide also.
Antonio park is a native habitat with some bush-land and lots of grasses and wildflowers
Early Nancy wildflowers are common in this parkland. The tuber is tiny with no flavor. A bush-tucker the size of three grains of rice and totally lacking in taste. The purple ring is notably below the stamen and numerous flowers had an ant following this trail, possibly dispersing pollen. Pics 2 onwards taken on 2nd September.
They are lovely flowers and I like the colour of the tuber too. Brave man Martin !
Leuba, check pic #2 that I've added with pistil and three pairs of ovules. Many flowers had black ants walking along the purple ring (directly below the stamen) this may be a mechanism to assist pollenation.
Thanks Mark. I've decided the tuber rates about zero for flavor and is too small to bother harvesting. See the new pics.
Good news - no need to cook. The description is '..may have a few tiny rounded tubers which seem unpalatable...' Looking forward to your report. :-)
Blackman's potatoes? I like early Nancy. I'll try some tomorrow and let you know. Do you need to cook them?
Also called Star lily, Blackman's potatoes, Harbinger-of-Spring. Apparently it has small edible tubers.
It should have one. I'm guessing its that small cream colored structure in the centre. Sorry about the bad focus. I was watching the ant.
Spotted on Aug 30, 2013
Submitted on Aug 30, 2013
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