- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 6:433 (1873)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted grey-green perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.2 m high. Fl. yellow/purple-red, Sep to Oct. Grey or yellow sand, gravel.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 50-100 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 2.5-7 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, diverging outward at around 90° or angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 55-120 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-19 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 6-8 mm long; pedicels present, 1-2 mm long; flowers 9-12 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, suffused with a darker colour over the base colour, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.5-6 mm long. Stamens six, in two levels alternating; filaments 1-2 mm long; anther 2.3-3 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8-10 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Bruce Rock, Collie, Corrigin, Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Pingelly, Victoria Plains, West Arthur, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, York.