Conostylis juncea
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
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Conostylis juncea 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 cylindrical or flat leaves and yellow flowers on a short flowering stem.
Description
Conostylis juncea is a rhizomatous, proliferous perennial with tufts up to {{cvt|20|cm}} in diameter. Its leaves are more or less round in cross-section or almost flat, {{cvt|100–400|mm}} long and {{cvt|1–4|mm}} wide and usually glabrous with prominent veins. The flowers borne just above the ground on a short flowering stalk with broadly egg-shaped or lance-shaped green bracts at the base. The perianth is hairy, yellow or greenish-yellow, {{cvt|12–20|mm}} long with lobes {{cvt|9–12.5|mm}} long. The anthers are {{cvt|3.5–6|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from July to September.{{cite web |last1=Hopper |first1=S.D |last2=Purdie |first2=R.W |last3=George |first3=A.S |last4=Patrick |first4=S.J |title=Conostylis juncea |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Conostylis%20juncea |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |access-date=5 December 2023}}{{FloraBase|name= Conostylis juncea|id=1436 }}{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=John W. |title=The Genus Conostylis R.Br. II. Taxonomy. |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |date=1961 |volume=85 |issue=3 |pages=356–357 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108664#page/454/mode/1up |access-date=5 December 2023}}
Taxonomy and naming
Conostylis juncea was first formally described in 1839 by Stephan Endlicher in Novarum Stirpium Decades.{{cite web|title=Conostylis juncea |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/491598 |publisher=APNI|accessdate=5 December 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Endlicher |first1=Stephan |editor-last1=Endlicher |editor-first1=Stephan |editor-last2=Fenzl |editor-first2=Eduard |title=Novarum Stirpium Decades |date=1839|volume=3 |publisher=K.K. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum |location=Vienna |pages=19–20 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/221285#page/27/mode/1up |access-date=5 December 2023}} The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=229 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
This species of conostylis grows in sand in open woodland and heath in near-coastal areas between Jurien Bay and Australind in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
Conostylis juncea is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
References
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Category:Commelinales of Australia
Category:Angiosperms of Western Australia