- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted or proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.18-0.4 m high, leaves subterete to almost flat. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. Sand, sandy clay. Winter-wet depressions.
Scientific Description
Leaves round (leaves terete) or elliptical (leaves compressed), 80-210 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 95-200 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 7-20 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5-7 mm long; pedicels present, 1.5-2 mm long; flowers 10-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6-10 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-2.5 mm long; anther 2.5-5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7.5-10 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, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Canning, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Moora, Swan.