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Conostylis candicans Endl. subsp. candicans

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.4 m high, to 1 m wide. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. White, grey, yellow or red sand, limestone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 80-140 mm long, 1.5-3.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 190-300 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-45 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7.5-12 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 10-14 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.5-6 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments (1-)1.2 mm long; anther 2.5-3.2 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7.5-11 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 18 January 2020

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Cambridge, Canning, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Irwin, Kalamunda, Kwinana, Mandurah, Melville, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Nedlands, Northam, Perth, Rockingham, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo.