Conostylis crassinerva J.W.Green

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Green, J.W. (1961), The Genus Conostylis R.Br. II. Taxonomy. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 85(3): 361-362, t. X, Fig. 11, textfigs 4952, 89

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Hopper, S.D., Purdie, R.W., George, A.S. & Patrick, S.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Conostylis. Flora of Australia 45: 94-95
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  Hopper, S.D., Purdie, R.W., George, A.S. & Patrick, S.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Conostylis. Flora of Australia 45: 94-95
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Type

Mt Lesueur, W.A., no date, N.H. Speck; holo: PERTH.

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Description

Tufts to 15 cm diam. Leaves flat, 7–18 cm long, 1–3 mm wide; margins prominent, glabrous or with softly appressed plumose hairs 0.8–1.7 mm long. Inflorescence capitate, many-flowered; scape 4–12.5 cm long, as long as or shorter than leaves, with a leaf-like bract 14–33 mm long near base and 2 shorter, leaf-like bracts subtending inflorescence. Perianth 7–12 mm long, yellow ageing reddish, loosely tomentose outside with branched hairs and a few longer hairs near base, shortly woolly inside; lobes 4–8 mm long. Stamens uniseriate or very slightly biseriate; filaments 1 mm long; anthers 3–5 mm long. Style 5.5–10 mm long.

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Distribution

Occurs from the Moore River to the Arrowsmith River, W.A.

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Habitat

Common in heath.

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Taxonomic Notes

Readily identified by its flat leaves with short plumose marginal hairs (sometimes, in subsp. absens, on the lamina as well), and its uniseriate stamens with anthers much longer than filaments. Allied to Conostylis latens, differing in its smaller leaves and flowers, hairs on leaf margins shorter and less spreading, and its earlier flowering season. Variable in leaf margins and indumentum. There are two subspecies.

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Source

Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 45 (1987), a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

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Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:40 Status: Legacy

Author - S.D. Hopper, R.W. Purdie, A.S. George, S.J. Patrick

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Cite this profile as: S.D. Hopper, R.W. Purdie, A.S. George, S.J. Patrick. Conostylis crassinerva, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Conostylis%20crassinerva [Date Accessed: 14 March 2025]