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Triodia epactia S.W.L.Jacobs

Reference
Nuytsia 8:220-221 (1992)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tussock-forming perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.45-2 m high, foliage resinous, panicle usually narrow and dense, lemma bi-textured with winged lobes. White-red sand, black gravelly sandy loam, sandstone, limestone. Coastal sand dunes, sand plains, rocky hills, near creek banks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 May 2000
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.