- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, usually tufted or proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.5 m high, to 0.6 m wide. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Sandy loam, yellow or white/grey sand.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 75-385 mm long, 2-6 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.8-2.8 mm long, straight and rigid, diverging outward at around 90°; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 120-490 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 9.5-15 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 8-11 mm long; pedicels present, 2-3.5 mm long; flowers 10-12 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5-7.2 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-1.5 mm long; anther 3.5-4.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7-10 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Warren and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Plantagenet, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Williams, Woodanilling, York.