- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 45:461 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.27 m high. Fl. green-yellow/red, Aug to Sep. White, grey or orange sand, sandy loam, lateritic gravel. Winter-wet depressions, swamps.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 70-270 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 1.2-2.5 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, diverging outward at around 90° or angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 55-75 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 20-30 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7-12 mm long; pedicels present, 1-1.5 mm long; flowers 10-16 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured or suffused with a darker colour over the base colour, yellow or green, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5.5-7 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1.3-2 mm long; anther 4.2-5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 9-11 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Moora, Victoria Plains.