- Reference
- Proc.Linn.Soc.New South Wales 85:349 (1961)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.25 m high, to 0.8 m wide. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. Sand, gravelly loam.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 110-230 mm long, 1.8-3 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.7-2 mm long, straight and rigid; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 70-200 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 9-20 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5.5-7 mm long; pedicels present, 1-1.5 mm long; flowers 10.5-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5-8 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.8-1 mm long; anther 3-4.7 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8.5-10 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. 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, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Busselton, Capel, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Harvey, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kwinana, Mandurah, Murray, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Vincent, Waroona, York.