- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.06-0.2 m high. Fl. yellow/red, Aug to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand.
Scientific Description
Leaves round (leaves terete) or elliptical (leaves compressed), 45-130 mm long, 0.4-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 5-10 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, angled towards the leaf apex or curved inward over the leaf blade. Scape present, hairy, 45-130 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-13 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5-5.5 mm long; pedicels present, 1-1.5 mm long; flowers 9-10 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5.5-6 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1.5-2 mm long; anther 2-2.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 5.5-6 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Kellerberrin, Three Springs, Wanneroo, Wyalkatchem.