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Conostylis setosa Lindl.
White Cottonhead

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 44 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.3 m high. Fl. white/pink-red-brown/purple, Sep to Nov. Laterite, gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 85-370 mm long, 1-4 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.5-5 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid or flexuose and soft, angled towards the leaf apex or curved inward over the leaf blade; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 120-330 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 25-30 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 10-17 mm long; pedicels present, 2-4 mm long; flowers 10-22 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, suffused with a darker colour over the base colour, white to cream, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 8-12 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 2.5-6.5 mm long; anther 3-3.4 mm long, without an appendage. Style 14-15 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Beverley, Boddington, Chittering, Cockburn, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kwinana, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, Waroona.