Western Australia FloraFlora Index Acacia glaucoptera (Flat Wattle) Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Banksia carlinoides Conostylis argentea Daviesia pachyphylla (Ouch Bush) Exocarpos sparteus Gompholobium cyaninum Kingia australis Lechenaultia formosa (Red Leschenaultia) Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Wurmbea tenella (Eight Nancy)
Conostylis argentea, known as Silver conostylis (family Haemodoraceae), is rhizomatous, tufted perennial plant species that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
The flowers are white to cream in colour, occasionally violet to purple flowers are seen, appearing from June to August.
First described in 1961 by John Green as a subspecies, Conostylis androstemma subsp. argentea. In 1987, Stephen Hopper raised it to species status as Conostylis argentea.2
- Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Lilianae
- Order: Commelinales
- Family: Haemodoraceae
- Genus: Conostylis
- Species: Conostylis argentea
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Terry Dunham
- Conostylis argentea (J.W.Green) Hopper, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Conostylis argentea
- Conostylis argentea (J.W.Green) Hopper, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1422
Western Australia FloraFlora Index Acacia glaucoptera (Flat Wattle) Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Banksia carlinoides Conostylis argentea Daviesia pachyphylla (Ouch Bush) Exocarpos sparteus Gompholobium cyaninum Kingia australis Lechenaultia formosa (Red Leschenaultia) Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Wurmbea tenella (Eight Nancy)
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