Plants → Magnoliophyta → Liliopsida → Poales → Poaceae Barnhart → Heteropogon Pers. → Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Densely tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.5-1 m high. Fl. green, Jan to Aug. Sandy clay, clay, red sand, laterite, basalt, sandstone.
Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, Northern Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions: Augustus, Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Ord, Ord-Victoria Plains P1, Pentecost, Perth, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Victoria Bonaparte P1.
IMCRA Regions: Canning, Groote, Kimberley, King Sound.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Ashburton, Broome, Cocos Islands, Derby/west Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Joondalup, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.
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