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