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Conostylis seorsiflora F.Muell. subsp. seorsiflora

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, cushion forming stoloniferous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.02-0.09 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. Clayey loam, sand. Damp flats, swamp margins.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 16-80 mm long, 7 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape absent. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-15 mm long, with one flower; pedicels present, 7.5-8 mm long; flowers 15-17 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 9-10 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 2-2.5 mm long; anther 4.5-5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 9-9.5 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.