- 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, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Sep. Yellow sand.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 90-150 mm long, 0.7-3 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 1.2-2.2 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid or flexuose and soft, angled towards the leaf apex or curved inward over the leaf blade; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 150-300 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-28 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5-7 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 10-17 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.7-5.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-2 mm long; anther 4-5.5 mm long, with an appendage. Style 6-9.5 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Yalgoo, Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Edel, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Moora, Northampton, Three Springs.