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Conostylis aculeata subsp. spinuligera (Benth.) Hopper
Spiny Conostylis

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:458 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.35 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. Grey/white sand. Winter-wet depressions.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 140-260 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 1-3 mm long, straight and rigid, angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 150-270 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 6-10 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 6.5-7 mm long; pedicels present, 2-2.5 mm long; flowers 9-12 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6-8 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-1.5 mm long; anther 3.5-4 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8-9 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dandaragan, Gingin, Victoria Plains.