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Conostylis hiemalis Hopper

Reference
Fl.Austral. 45:460 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.2 m high. Fl. yellow-cream, Jun to Aug. White, grey or yellow sand, sandy loam, laterite. Winter-wet depressions.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 55-160 mm long, 0.6-2.3 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present or absent, 1.5-5 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid or flexuose and soft, diverging outward at around 90°, lying parallel with the margin or angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 75-170 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 7-20 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5.5-8 mm long; pedicels sessile; flowers 10-12 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5-6.5 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.6-1 mm long; anther 4-5 mm long, with an appendage. Style 7-9 mm long. Flowers in June, July or August. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Irwin, Moora, Three Springs.