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- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:460 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, to 0.18 m high, leaf margins lacking a prominent fibrous nerve, conspicuously hirsute. Fl. yellow/red, Jun to Aug. Sand. In heath and banksia low woodland.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 45-140 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 1-1.6 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, flexuose and soft, diverging outward at around 90°; hairs on the surface of the leaf present or absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 50-155 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-30 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5.5-12 mm long; pedicels present, 0.5-1 mm long; flowers 7.5-12 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured or suffused with a darker colour over the base colour, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.7-8 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1.2-1.5 mm long; anther 2-4 mm long, without an appendage. Style 6-11 mm long. Flowers in June, July or August. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.