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Conostylis misera

Conostylis misera
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Haemodoraceae (Haemodor family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Conostylis misera, commonly known as grass conostylis, is a prostrate, rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has flat leaves and bright yellow flowers usually arranged singly on a short flowering stem.

Where it grows

This species of conostylis grows in sandy loam in winter-west flats from Mount Barker and the Porongurups to the Stirling Range in the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Conostylis plants

Prickly Conostylis · Conostylis albescens · Trumpets · Conostylis angustifolia · Conostylis argentea · Golden Conostylis · Conostylis bealiana · Conostylis bracteata · Conostylis breviscapa · Grey Cottonhead · Conostylis canteriata · Conostylis caricina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Conostylis misera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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