Johnsonia acaulis is a plant in the family Asphodelaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rhizomatous, tufted, or grass-like perennial with white, pink or green flowers.
Description
Johnsonia acaulis is a rhizomatous, tufted, perennial herb with grass-like leaves long. The flowering scape is red or green, with floral bracts long and wide. The perianth is long and white, pink or green, and the sepals and wider than the petals. The anthers and the style are about long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a capsule long.
Taxonomy and naming
Johnsonia acaulis was first described in 1846 by Stephan Endlicher in Lehmann's "Plantae Preissianae". The specific epithet acaulis means "without a stem".
Distribution and habitat
This species occurs between Israelite Bay, Lake Grace and Perth in the Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of Western Australia. It grows in white, grey, or lateritic sand.