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Conostylis aculeata subsp. cygnorum Hopper

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:457 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted or shortly proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.45 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. White-grey sand, limestone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 120-330 mm long, 2.5-7 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.6-1.5 mm long, straight and rigid, angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 200-290 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-30 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 6.5-10 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 11-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6-10 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1.5-1.7 mm long; anther 4-6 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8.5-10 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Cambridge, Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Gingin, Joondalup, Melville, Murray, Perth, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Vincent, Wanneroo.