Conostylis bealiana explained

Conostylis bealiana is a flowering plant in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has green flat leaves and tubular dark yellow to orange-red flowers.

Description

Conostylis bealiana is a tufted, prostrate, grass-like perennial, high and forming clumps up to wide. The leaves are green, hairy on both surfaces, flat, soft, flexible, long, wide with fine, flattened hairs on the leaf margins. The flowers are borne singly, straight, hairy, yellow to orange-red, long, bracts long, lobes long on a pedicel long. Flowering occurs from July to September.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy and naming

Conostylis bealiana was first formally described in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.^{[4] [5]} The specific epithet (bealiana) is in honour of Amy Beal.^[6]

Distribution and habitat

This conostylis grows in gravel, sand and sandy loam on the south coast of Western Australia.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hopper . S.D . Purdie . R.W . George . A.S . Patrick . S.J . Conostylis bealiana . FLORA OF AUSTRALIA . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 13 October 2021.
2. Web site: Hollister . C. . Thiele . K.R . Conostylis bealiana . Florabase—the Western Australian Flora . Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions . 13 October 2021.
3. Web site: Conostylis bealiana . Fact Sheet . Australian Native Plant Society-Australia . 13 October 2021.
4. Web site: Conostylis bealiana . Australian Plant Name Index . 13 October 2021.
5. Book: von Mueller . Ferdinand . Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae . 1875 . 50 .
6. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 144 . 3rd.