Common name: Early Nancy Family name: Liliaceae Botanical name: Wurmbea dioica previously known as Anguillaria dioica Flowering/fruiting season: Spring Location: Common species in 'grassy areas, especially in seepage slopes or near swamps.' (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:100)

Use:

• Food
• Tubers eaten (Fraser & McJannett, 1993:46)

Notes:

• One of the first flowers each spring!
• 'The tubers are small, round and very starchy.' (Zola & Gott, 1992:44)

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Horticulture :
Transplants readily; needs full or part sun and grows in most soils; water applied in spring and summer (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:194)

Similar species:
Burchardia umbellata Milkmaids

Use code:
ROOT

Photo by Daphne Nash.

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