- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:462 (1987)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, cushion forming stoloniferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.02-0.08 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Nov. Sandy loam, grey/white sand.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 15-35 mm long, 0.5-1.2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape absent. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 16-23 mm long, with several flowers; pedicels present, 4-6 mm long; flowers 15-16 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 9 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1.5-1.7 mm long; anther 5.7-7.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 10-10.5 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Wickepin.