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