Conostylis stylidioides explained

Conostylis stylidioides is a rhizomatous, stoloniferous, perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It has flat leaves and yellow, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

Conostylis stylidioides is a rhizomatous, much-branched, perennial grass-like plant or herb with stolons up to long. It has flat leaves usually long but sometimes up to long, wide and covered with woolly grey hairs when young. The flowers are long and borne singly on a flowering stem long, the flowers yellow with lobes long. The anthers are long and the style is long. Flowering occurs in August and September.[1] [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Conostylis stylidioides was first formally described in 1873 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae, from specimens collected by George Maxwell near the Murchison River.[3] The specific epithet (stylidioides) means "Stylidium-like".[4]

Distribution and habitat

This species of conostylis grows in sandy soil in mallee scrub along the coast from Dirk Hartog Island to Geraldton and inland as far as Yuna in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo bioregions of western Western Australia.[1] [2]

Conservation status

Conostylis stylidioides 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 stylidioides . 79 . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 5 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Hopper . S.D . Purdie . R.W . George . A.S . Patrick . S.J . Conostylis stylidioides . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 5 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Conostylis stylidioides . APNI. 4 March 2024.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 315 . 3rd.