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Conostylis breviscapa R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 301 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.11-0.33 m high, to 0.3 m wide. Fl. cream-white, Aug to Dec or Jan. White, grey or brown sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 70-300 mm long, 1-4 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0-0.3 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, lying parallel with the margin; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 30-40 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-18 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7-10 mm long; pedicels present, 2-2.5 mm long; flowers 9.5-11 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.5-7.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-1 mm long; anther 2-2.8 mm long, without an appendage. Style 4-4.8 mm long. Flowers in January, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Recherche.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Ravensthorpe.