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Urochloa piligera (Benth.) R.D.Webster

Reference
Austral.Paniceae (Poaceae) 246 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Stoloniferous, tufted, erect or basally decumbent annual, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. green, Feb to Apr. Sand, sandy alluvium, red loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 October 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.