''Conostylis albescens'' is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial plant species in the family

Haemodoraceae Haemodoraceae is a family of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with 14 genera and 102 known species. It is sometimes known as the "bloodwort family". Primarily a Southern Hemisphere family, they are found in South Africa, Australia and New ...

, endemic to the south-west of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. Plants grow to between 12 and 17 cm high and produce yellow-cream-white flowers in August in the species' native range. The grey-green, hairy, leaves are 12–17 cm long and 0.8–1.5 mm wide. It is found east of Merredin, Western Australia, on yellow sandplain in a small region of heath. It was first described in 1987 by

Stephen Hopper Stephen Donald Hopper AC FLS FTSE (born 18 June 1951) is a Western Australian botanist. He graduated in Biology, specialising in conservation biology and vascular plants. Hopper has written eight books, and has over 200 publications to his n ...

as ''Conostylis albescens''.

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Commelinales of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Plants described in 1987 Taxa named by Stephen Hopper albescens {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub