- Reference
- Nuytsia 4:17-21 (1982)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.08-0.17 m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Jul to Sep. Yellow sand, sandy clay.
Scientific Description
Leaves elliptical (leaves compressed), 75-150 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 20-25 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 6.5-7.5 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 3.5-4 mm long; pedicels present, 1.5-2 mm long; flowers 8-9 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.5-6 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.7-0.9 mm long; anther 2.3-2.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 5.3-7 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dowerin, Wongan-Ballidu.