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Conostylis serrulata R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 300 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, robust, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.4 m high, inflorescences on short peduncles in leaves. Fl. yellow/cream, Aug to Oct. White, grey or yellow, gravel, laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 130-330 mm long, 3.5-6 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.2-0.5 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; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 30-60 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 9-14 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5.5-7 mm long; pedicels present, 3-10 mm long; flowers 12-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 8-9.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-1.4 mm long; anther 3.7-4.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 6-6.5 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wagin, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, Woodanilling, York.