- 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.
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.
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.