Conostylis latens Hopper

Tufts to 15 cm diam. Leaves flat, 10-27 cm long, 2-3.5 mm wide, green; margins hirsute or rarely glabrous, the hairs 3-4 mm long, white, plumose, stiff, spreading in alternately opposite directions on each margin; lamina glabrous. Inflorescence a simple, several-flowered, hemispherical head; scape 9-20 cm long, somewhat shorter than or equal to leaves. Perianth 10-13 mm long, pale greenish yellow outside, ageing to brick red; lobes 6-8 mm long, cream inside, yellow towards base; indumentum as for Conostylis crassinerva . Stamens uniserate; anthers 3-5 mm long, much longer than filaments. Style 8-10 mm long.

Grows in sand and sandy loam over laterite in well-watered heath or Melaleuca swamps.