Conostylis juncea explained

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.[1] [2]

Taxonomy and naming

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]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hopper . S.D . Purdie . R.W . George . A.S . Patrick . S.J . Conostylis juncea . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 5 December 2023.
  2. Green . John W. . The Genus Conostylis R.Br. II. Taxonomy. . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1961 . 85 . 3 . 356–357 . 5 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Conostylis juncea . APNI. 5 December 2023.
  4. Book: Endlicher . Stephan . Endlicher . Stephan . Fenzl . Eduard . Novarum Stirpium Decades . 1839. 3 . K.K. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum . Vienna . 19–20 . 5 December 2023.
  5. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 229 . 3rd.