It flowers from May to August.[2]
The plant resprouts from its rhizomes, after fire.
It is easily distinguished from Conostylis argentea by its terete hairless leaves.
Habitat
It grows in lateritic gravel and yellow sand on screes and hilltops,[2]
Distribution
It occurs in south-western Western Australia from Kalbarri National Park to Perth and York.
Taxonomy
Originally named Androstemma junceum and described by John Lindley in 1840 in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony,[3][4] the species was assigned to the genus Conostylis by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1873 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae and renamed Conostylis androstemma.[5][2]
References
1. ^Govaerts, R., et. al. (2019) Plants of the world online:Conostylis androstemma. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{FloraBase|name= Conostylis androstemma|id=1420 }}
3. ^{{APNI2|name=Androstemma junceum|id=90560|accessdate=9 January 2019}}
4. ^Lindley, J. (1840) [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Edwards%27s_Botanical_Register/Appendix_to_the_first_twenty-three_volumes/A_sketch_of_the_vegetation_of_the_Swan_River_Colony/Haemodoraceae A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: xlvi.]
5. ^1 {{APNI2|name=Conostylis androstemma|id=77287 |accessdate=8 January 2019}}
6. ^1 2 Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/765049 Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(59): 19.] Retrieved 8 January 2019.