About Conostylis setigera R.Br.
Conostylis setigera R.Br. is a rhizomatous, tufted, perennial herb with a grass-like form that usually reaches 5 to 36 centimeters (2.0 to 14.2 inches) in height. It produces flat leaves that are 80 to 360 millimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches) long and 1 to 4 millimeters (0.039 to 0.157 inches) wide. The leaves are green with visible striations, and are mostly glabrous, with the exception of multiple rows of hairs along their edges. Flowers grow in heads containing 5 to 10 individual flowers, borne on a flowering stem that is 40 to 200 millimeters (1.6 to 7.9 inches) long. The flowers are yellow, covered in woolly hairs, and have lobes 5 to 9 millimeters (0.20 to 0.35 inches) long. The anthers are 2.0 to 3.5 millimeters (0.079 to 0.138 inches) long, and the style measures 6 to 11.5 millimeters (0.24 to 0.45 inches) long. This species flowers between August and November. This Conostylis species is widespread and common across Western Australia, where it grows in sand, loam, gravel, and laterite. It occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia. The subspecies dasys is only found in areas near Kojonup, within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.
