- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:465 (1987)
- 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
Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.03-0.04 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Aug. Seasonally wet soils in moss swards & herbfields among granite rocks.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape absent, hairy. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 11-20 mm long, with one flower; floral bracts 7.5-10.5 mm long; pedicels present, 2-7 mm long; flowers 10-14 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, pink or purple, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 4.5-7 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 2-2.3 mm long; anther 1.5-2 mm long, with an appendage. Style 7-8 mm long. Flowers in August. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Gnowangerup, Katanning, Lake Grace, Narembeen, West Arthur.