- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:460 (1987)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shortly rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.13-0.33 m high, leaves terete. Fl. cream-yellow, Jul to Aug. White, grey or yellow sand, gravel. Low open woodland.
Scientific Description
Leaves round (leaves terete), 60-160 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.8-1 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, flexuose and soft, angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 65-70 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 8-15 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 4-5 mm long; pedicels present, 1-1.5 mm long; flowers 7.5-11.5 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.5-7.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-0.7 mm long; anther 2.5-4.4 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7.5-8.8 mm long. Flowers in July or August. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Greater Geraldton, Irwin.