- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:460 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted or proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.13-0.4 m high, leaves terete. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. White or yellow sand. Winter-wet depressions, sandplain.
Scientific Description
Leaves round (leaves terete), 290-360 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 55-90 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 12-14 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 4-5.5 mm long; pedicels present, 1-2 mm long; flowers 8-11 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6-7 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-1.2 mm long; anther 3.5-3.8 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7-8 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coorow, Dandaragan, Moora.