- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 45 (1840)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted or shortly proliferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.45 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Sep. Sand, limestone. Consolidated sand dunes.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 170-400 mm long, 4-7 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 320-500 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 18-22 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7.5-8 mm long; pedicels present, 1-1.5 mm long; flowers 10-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4-8 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-0.7 mm long; anther 3-3.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 6-10 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Gingin, Joondalup, Perth, Wanneroo.