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Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees subsp. stygia

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.1-0.5 m high, clumps to 0.5 m wide. Fl. brown-black, Mar to Oct. White, yellow, grey, granitic or lateritic sand, lateritic clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Boyup Brook, Busselton, Capel, Cranbrook, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Merredin, Murray, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wagin, West Arthur, Woodanilling.