Conostylis albescens Hopper

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 50-150 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent, angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape absent. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 12-20 mm long, with one flower; floral bracts 10-12 mm long; pedicels present, 5-10 mm long; flowers 30-42 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured or suffused with a darker colour over the base colour, white to cream, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5.5-8.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 2-2.5 mm long; anther 3-3.7 mm long, without an appendage. Style 18-38 mm long. Flowers in August. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).