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Conostylis candicans subsp. calcicola Hopper

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:459 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.05-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Calcareous sand. Coastal dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 30-70 mm long, 0.7-1.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent, with at least some small side branches at the base; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 85-380 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 8-25 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 4.7-5 mm long; pedicels present, 0-0.5 mm long; flowers 11-14 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 3.5-6 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.8-1 mm long; anther 1.7-2.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8-10 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Mandurah, Mosman Park, Nannup, Northampton, Rockingham, Wanneroo, Waroona.