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Conostylis neocymosa is a tufted, rhizomatous perennial, grass-like herb from south-western Western Australia that grows in deep sand. It is a native wildflower rarely grown outside its region, so it suits native or Mediterranean-climate gardens with sharp drainage and full sun.
Conostylis neocymosa 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 flat, green leaves with bristles on the edges, and yellow, tubular flowers.
This conostylis grows in deep sand in heath and mallee in disjunct populations near Northampton, Eneabba, Watheroo, Wubin and Merredin in the Avon Wheatbelt Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Conostylis neocymosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
