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Phlebocarya pilosissima (F.Muell.) Benth. subsp. pilosissima

Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shortly rhizomatous, compactly tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. cream-white, Aug to Oct. White or grey sand, lateritic gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 150-350 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, glabrous, 130-250 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 4-6 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 3-3.5 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 4-6 mm long. Perianth hairy or glabrous, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, white to cream, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 3.5-5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.3-0.5 mm long; anther 1.4-2 mm long, without an appendage. Style 2.7-3.4 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 18 January 2020

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Cockburn, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Swan.