Conostylis prolifera

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Conostylis prolifera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Conostylis
Species:
C. prolifera
Binomial name
Conostylis prolifera
Synonyms [1]
  • Conostylis racemosaBenth.
  • Conostylis stylidioidesauct. non F.Muell.

Conostylis prolifera, commonly known as mat cottonheads, [2] is a rhizomatous, tufted, stoloniferous, perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has flat, glabrous leaves, and yellow and cream-coloured, tubular flowers.

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Description

Conostylis prolifera is a rhizomatous, tufted, perennial, grass-like plant or herb with small tufts, a few plants connected to each other by a network of stolons 4–20 cm (1.6–7.9 in) long. Its leaves are flat, glabrous, 10–60 mm (0.39–2.36 in) long, 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) wide, sometimes with minute bristles on the edges. The flowers are borne in heads on a flowering stem 10–150 mm (0.39–5.91 in) long with a small, leaf-like bract 5–17 mm (0.20–0.67 in) long. The perianth is 7–13 mm (0.28–0.51 in) long and yellow, cream-coloured on the inside, with lobes 4.5–8 mm (0.18–0.31 in) long. The anthers are 0.4–1.1 mm (0.016–0.043 in) long and the style is 6.0–9.5 mm (0.24–0.37 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to October. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Conostylis prolifera was first formally described in 1873 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis . [5] [6] The specific epithet (prolifera) means "proliferating". [7]

Distribution and habitat

This conostylis grows in loam and sand in winter-wet flats between the lower Murchison River, Beverley, Tammin and Wickepin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [2] [4]

Conservation status

Conostylis prolifera is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Conostylis prolifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Conostylis prolifera". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis prolifera". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis prolifera" (PDF). Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. pp. 77–78. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Conostylis prolifera". APNI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Bentham, George (1873). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 6. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 436. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 284. ISBN   9780958034180.
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