- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:462 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, cushion forming stoloniferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.08-0.16 m high. Fl. yellow, Nov to Dec. Granitic soils.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 50-100 mm long, 0.5-1 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 15-22 mm long; floral bracts 7-15 mm long; pedicels present, 1-5 mm long; flowers 12-20 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 8.5-11 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-1.2 mm long; anther 4-5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7-10 mm long. Flowers in November or December. Occurs in the Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Recherche.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance, Ravensthorpe.