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Triodia spicata N.T.Burb.
Spike Flowered Spinifex

Reference
Austral.J.Bot. 1:182-183 (1953)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tussock-forming perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-1 m high, habit often ring-forming, spike prominently exserted, sometimes sparse, lemma entire. Fl. Jan to Nov. Shallow skeletal, stony & gravelly soils. Rocky hillsides, sandplains.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Purnululu, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku.