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Conostylis aculeata subsp. gracilis Hopper

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

Rhizomatous, tufted or shortly proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.25 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Nov. Sandy loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 60-200 mm long, 0.7-2.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.5-2 mm long, straight and rigid, angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 80-150 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-40 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7-9 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 10-13 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6.5-8 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-2.5 mm long; anther 3.2-4 mm long, without an appendage. Style 6.5-7.5 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain, Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Augusta Margaret River, Bunbury, Busselton, Nannup, Waroona.