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Conostylis caricina subsp. elachys Hopper

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:460 (1987)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.05-0.1 m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Jul to Aug. Gravel, clayey loam, sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 45-170 mm long, 1.5-3.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.5-1.5 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base or simple, without any side branches, straight and rigid, lying parallel with the margin; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 35-60 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 9-10 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 6-7.5 mm long; pedicels present, 1.5-2 mm long; flowers 7-11 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5-5.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-1 mm long; anther 2.6-3.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 3.5-6 mm long. Flowers in July or August. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dowerin, Goomalling, Toodyay, Victoria Plains.