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Conostylis phathyrantha

Conostylis phathyrantha
Photo: Peter Ollerenshaw, CC BY 3.0 au

Conostylis phathyrantha is a tufted, grass-like perennial from the sandy heaths of southern Western Australia, grown mainly in native and drought-tolerant gardens. It needs sharp drainage and full sun, and is rarely grown indoors.

Family
Haemodoraceae (Haemodor family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, nutrient-low soil.
Temperature
Mild subtropical to Mediterranean conditions; tolerates light frost but protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Conostylis phathyrantha is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It has flat, glabrous leaves, and yellow, tubular flowers.

Where it grows

This conostylis grows in sand in heath and mallee heath between Starvation Boat Harbour and Israelite Bay in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern 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 phathyrantha 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.

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