Blancoa canescens Lindl.
Winter Bell
- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 45 (1840)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, caespitose, clumped perennial, herb, 0.1-0.4 m high, inflorescences nodding. Fl. red, Jun to Sep. White, grey or yellow/red sand over laterite.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 40-205 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 65-200 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 7-9 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 4-6 mm long; pedicels present, 3-10 mm long; flowers 28-41 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, red, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6-9 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.6-1 mm long; anther 4-5.3 mm long, without an appendage. Style 18-32 mm long. Flowers in June, July, 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, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Irwin, Kalamunda, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, York.