Skip to main content

Conostylis candicans subsp. flavifolia Hopper

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:459 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Red sand. Sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 65-150 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 95-225 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-30 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5-7 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 9-13 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 3.5-5.5 mm long. Stamens six, in two levels alternating; filaments 0.6-0.8 mm long; anther 2-2.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7.5-9 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Carnarvon, Yalgoo and Geraldton Sandplains IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Northampton, Shark Bay.