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Eragrostis setifolia Nees
Neverfail Grass

Reference
London J.Bot. 2:419 (1843)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.12-0.6 m high, with hairy, thickened base. Fl. Jan to Dec. Clay, loam, alluvium, grey sand, sometimes saline soils. Seasonally flooded habitats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Rudall, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.