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Eragrostis cumingii Steud.
Cuming's Love Grass

Reference
Syn.Pl.Glumac. 1:266 (1854)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted, prostrate annual, grass-like or herb, (0.03-)0.14-0.7(-1) m high. Fl. green/purple, Jan to Dec. Variety of soils. Widespread in seasonally wet, sometimes saline sites.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Tanami Desert, Timor Sea Coral Islands, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.