Conostylis setigera subsp. dasys Hopper

Scientific Description

Leaves elliptical (leaves compressed), 140-260 mm long, 0.7-1.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.4-3.5 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 absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 60-155 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-13 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 6.5-8 mm long; pedicels present, 1-3 mm long; flowers 10-14 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured or suffused with a darker colour over the base colour, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 9-9.5 mm long. Stamens six, in two levels alternating; filaments 2.5-3 mm long; anther 3.2 mm long, without an appendage. Style 9-10 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).