Johnsonia inconspicua

Johnsonia inconspicua is a plant in the family Asphodelaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous plant with grass-like leaves and white flowers, the sepals wider than the petals.

Description

Johnsonia inconspicua is a glabrous plant with grass-like leaves long and wide. The flowering scape is wide, with floral bracts long and wide. The perianth is long and greenish-white or pale pink with a brown stripe in the middle. The perianth is wide and joined at the base, and the sepals are wider than the petals. The anthers and the style are about long. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is a capsule long.

Taxonomy and naming

Johnsonia inconspicua was first described in 1987 by Gregory John Keighery in the "Flora of Australia" from specimens collected south of Carbarup River in 1980. The specific epithet inconspicua means "inconspicuous".

Distribution and habitat

This species occurs from near Bindoon to Cowaramup in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of Western Australia, where it grows in low dunes and in winter-wet flats.