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Digitaria ctenantha (F.Muell.) Hughes
Comb Finger Grass

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 310 (1923)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.6 m high. Fl. Jan to May or Jul. Sand, red stony loam.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Hart, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.