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Conostylis candicans subsp. procumbens Hopper

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:459 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Yellow sand, sandy loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 70-120 mm long, 2-4 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 90-345 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-20 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 4.5-5.5 mm long; pedicels present, 1.5-2 mm long; flowers 10-13 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 3.5-4.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.7-1 mm long; anther 2-2.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8-9 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow, Dandaragan, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Three Springs.