- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.2(-0.3) m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Aug to Sep. Lateritic loam, sand, gravel.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 70-300 mm long, 1.5-3.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.3-1.5 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, 40-50 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-22 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7-10 mm long; pedicels present, 2-3 mm long; flowers 10-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6-8.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-1 mm long; anther 3.2-6 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8-9 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Beverley, Boddington, Brookton, Chittering, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Northam, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, West Arthur, York.