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.
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.[1] [2]
Conostylis juncea was first formally described in 1839 by Stephan Endlicher in Novarum Stirpium Decades.[3] [4] The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like".[5]
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.
Conostylis juncea is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.