- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 6:439 (1873)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow/cream, Oct to Nov. Sandy clay, white or grey sand. Near swamps & creeks.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 190-600 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.2-1.3 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base or simple, without any side branches, straight and rigid, lying parallel with the margin or curved inward over the leaf blade; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 70-130 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 7-30 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 8-13 mm long; pedicels present, 8-10 mm long; flowers 13-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 7-10 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-1.2 mm long; anther 4.2-4.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7-7.5 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain, Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Harvey, Nannup.