Conostylis bealiana

Conostylis bealiana is a flowering plant in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has green flat leaves and tubular dark yellow to orange-red flowers.

Conostylis bealiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Conostylis
Species:
C. bealiana
Binomial name
Conostylis bealiana

Description

Conostylis bealiana is a tufted, prostrate, grass-like perennial, 0.1–0.15 m (3.9 in – 5.9 in) high and forming clumps up to 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) wide. The leaves are green, hairy on both surfaces, flat, soft, flexible, 70–230 mm (2.8–9.1 in) long, 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide with fine, flattened hairs on the leaf margins. The flowers are borne singly, straight, hairy, yellow to orange-red, 25–45 mm (0.98–1.77 in) long, bracts 5.5–6.5 mm (0.22–0.26 in) long, lobes 4.5–7.5 mm (0.18–0.30 in) long on a pedicel 5–17 mm (0.20–0.67 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to September. [2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Conostylis bealiana was first formally described in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (bealiana) is in honour of Amy Beal.[7]

Distribution and habitat

This conostylis grows in gravel, sand and sandy loam on the south coast of Western Australia.[3]

References
  1. "Conostylis bealiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis bealiana". FLORA OF AUSTRALIA. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. Hollister, C.; Thiele, K.R. "Conostylis bealiana". Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. "Conostylis bealiana". Fact Sheet. Australian Native Plant Society-Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "Conostylis bealiana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1875). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. p. 50.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780958034180.
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