''Glischrocaryon flavescens'' is a perennial herb with woody roots that occurs in southern and western Australia.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by
James Drummond,
The current combination, ''Glischrocaryon flavescens'', was the result of a revision by
Anthony Edward Orchard
Anthony Orchard (born 22 May 1946) is a retired botanist who worked at the State Herbarium of South Australia. His main interests were the study of the genera Rosaceae, Haloragaceae, Asteraceae and Rubiaceae.
Anthony (Tony) Orchard is a systema ...
in 1970, published in the journal ''
Taxon
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''.
Description
A robust and tufted perennial herbaceous plant with creamy yellow inflorescence at long
scapes that appears in February or between August and December. Grows to a height between 0.3 and 1.5 metres. Occurs in clay in sandy soil, but often stony; preferred habitat is plains and rocky hills.
Distribution
The species is recorded in the plant censuses of South Australia and Western Australia, with occurrence becoming infrequent to the north and arid centre of Australia.
Records in Western Australia are at the southwest and
eremaean
The Eremaean province is a botanical region in Western Australia, characterised by a desert climate. It is sometimes referred to as the ''dry and arid inland'' or ''interior'' region of Western Australia It is one of John Stanley Beard's phytoge ...
botanical provinces.
Ecology
The plant attracts the parrot species,
moyadong (''Platycercus icterotis)''
References
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Haloragaceae
Saxifragales of Australia
Flora of Western Australia
Flora of South Australia