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Conostylis teretifolia subsp. planescens Hopper

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.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1994
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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.

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

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.