- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:463 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.06-0.2 m high. Fl. yellow/red, Aug to Sep. Yellow/grey sand, sandy loam.
Scientific Description
Leaves round (leaves terete) or elliptical (leaves compressed), 70-140 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 1.5-5 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, angled towards the leaf apex or curved inward over the leaf blade; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 50-110 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 18-20 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5-9 mm long; pedicels present, 1.5-2 mm long; flowers 9-12 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5.5-7 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 2-3 mm long; anther 2.6-2.8 mm long, without an appendage. Style 6.5-7 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chittering, Dandaragan, Gingin, Wanneroo.