Conostylis juncea
Conostylis juncea is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has cylindrical or flat leaves and yellow flowers on a short flowering stem.
Description
Conostylis juncea is a rhizomatous, proliferous perennial with tufts up to in diameter. Its leaves are more or less round in cross-section or almost flat, long and wide and usually glabrous with prominent veins. The flowers borne just above the ground on a short flowering stalk with broadly egg-shaped or lance-shaped green bracts at the base. The perianth is hairy, yellow or greenish-yellow, long with lobes long. The anthers are long. Flowering occurs from July to September.
Conostylis juncea was first formally described in 1839 by Stephan Endlicher in Novarum Stirpium Decades. The specific epithet means "rush-like".
Distribution and habitat
This species of conostylis grows in sand in open woodland and heath in near-coastal areas between Jurien Bay and Australind in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
Conostylis juncea is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.