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Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth.
Semaphore Sedge

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:379-380 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.3-0.8(-1) m high, clumps to 0.5 m wide. Fl. brown-black, Jan to Nov. White, brown, grey, or lateritic sand, loam, sandy clay, gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kulin, Kwinana, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Victoria Plains, Wandering, West Arthur, Williams, York.