Name that flower?

Did you smell them? They sprung up all over the place on the farm I grew up on… my sisters and I used to call them ‘poo flowers’.

jessieduck said :

Quick question: are the flowers in the forground a picked bunch or is that how they grow? The single stem in the background is throwing me.

This was another bunch (I don’t usually pick wild flowers) they were everywhere.
Thanks heaps for the identification, I always believed our native flowers more functional than showy.
I have visited a few pioneer settlement sites and have sometimes been amazed to see remnants of flower gardens and very old fruit trees. Always thought they would be too busy having and looking after their 12 plus children.

Yes, sweetie?

It’s a native. Wurmbea dioica, previously known as Anguillaria dioica. Early Nancy to all you non botanists

Native Orchid.

It looks like a Wurmbea dioica (http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/name/Wurmbea+dioica). Commonly called the Early Nancy. It’s a native. We have lots of very attractive native plants in Canberra.

Quick question: are the flowers in the forground a picked bunch or is that how they grow? The single stem in the background is throwing me.

Purple ringed yellow tipped spotted owl killer, beautiful flower but deadly to feathered creatures.

Early Nancy, but its bloody early. They normaly flower in late winter.

Gorgeous