- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:23 (1846)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted, stilted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.04-0.2(-0.3) m high. Fl. yellow-white, Sep to Oct. White or yellow sand, clay, loam. Sand dunes, winter-wet areas.
Scientific Description
Leaves elliptical (leaves compressed), 70-100 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 30-45 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 7-8 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 3-3.5 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 10-13 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.5-5.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.4-2 mm long; anther 3-3.8 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7-10 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.