Conostylis festucacea

Meaning of name:

Conostylis is from the Greek words conos, meaning cone, and stylos, meaning column, botanically, the style. Festucacea refers to the genus Festuca plus the Latin suffix aceus, meaning resembling.

Distribution:

Occus in Banksia woodland from Watheroo to Perth.

Description:

A tufted plant to 40 centimetres tall. The yellow flowers are produced from September to November.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Flora of Australia https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Conostylis%20festucacea

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/6289292

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1434