Wurmbea tubulosa Benth.

Plant 1-3 cm tall, dioecious, sometimes andromonoecious. Leaves 3; lower 2 leaves basal, similar, lanceolate, 3-22 mm wide; upper protruding from between lower 2, much smaller, dilated with short or long pointed apex or narrowly lanceolate. Male and andromonoecious inflorescences open or dense; female inflorescence contracted, dense, largely enclosed by leaf bases; flowers 1-16. Perianth 6-7 mm long in male, 9-12 mm long in female and andromonoecious plants; tepals 6, connate for c. 1/2 of length, white, ageing faintly pink; nectary 1 per segment 1/3-1/2 from base, a transverse band curving distally at middle, slightly raised, white or pink. Stamens c. 2/3 as long as perianth; anthers c. 1 mm long, purplish red. Styles free.

Grows in clay and sandy clay under shrubs on river banks and seasonally wet places.