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Conostylis drummondii Benth.
Drummond's Conostylis

Reference
Fl.Austral. 6:433 (1873)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Nov. White, grey or yellow sand, gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves round (leaves terete), 90-210 mm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 55-70 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 12-18 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5-7 mm long; pedicels present, 1-2 mm long; flowers 8-12 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4-6 mm long. Stamens six, in two levels alternating; filaments 1.8-2.2 mm long; anther 2-2.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 6-8 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Kojonup, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Wagin, West Arthur.