- Reference
- Bot.Not. 133:224-226 (1980)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.25 m high, to 0.5 m wide. Fl. yellow, Jul to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 180-240 mm long, 1.7-3 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.7-2 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 65-150 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 8-12 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 6-10 mm long; pedicels present, 1.5-3 mm long; flowers 10-14 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6.5-7.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-1.2 mm long; anther 4-4.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7-8 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Irwin, Merredin, Moora, Morawa, Northampton, Three Springs.