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Conostylis pauciflora Hopper subsp. pauciflora

Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, stoloniferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.35 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. Grey sand, limestone. Hillslopes, consolidated dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 50-160 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.5-2 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, flexuose and soft, diverging outward at around 90° or angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 200-250 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 20-25 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7-8 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 11-14.5 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5.5-6.8 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-1 mm long; anther 2.7-3 mm long, without an appendage. Style 9.5-10.7 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Gingin, Harvey, Mandurah, Murray, Rockingham, Wanneroo, Waroona.