Conostylis drummondii 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 short stems, and has more or less cylindrical leaves and pale lemon-yellow flowers.
Conostylis drummondii is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb that forms tufts up to in diameter. Its leaves are more or less round in cross-section, long and wide and densely covered with fine, woolly, feather-like hairs pressed against the surface. The flowers are arranged in small groups on a hairy flowering stalk long with woolly-hairy bracts. The perianth is pale lemon-yellow, long with lobes long. The anthers are long and the style long. Flowering occurs in late October and November.[1]
Conostylis drummondii was first formally described in 1873 by George Bentham in his Flora Australiensis from a specimen collected near King George Sound by James Drummond.[2] [3] The specific epithet (drummondii) honours the collector of the type specimens.[4]
This species of conostylis grows in sand near watercourses in low woodland and heath in a few scattered location near Arthur River and Wagin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Conostylis drummondii is listed as "Threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is in danger of extinction.[5]