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Sporobolus australasicus Domin
Fairy Grass

Reference
Repert.Spec.Nov.Regni Veg. 9:553 (1911)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Grass-like or herb, 0.22-0.4 m high. Fl. purple, Feb to Jul or Oct. Loam, clay, sand, limestone. Coastal samphire flats, floodplains, rocky rises.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Canning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Leonora, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.