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Paspalidium basicladum Hughes

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 318 (1923)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.7 m high. Fl. Feb to Aug. Red sand, sandstone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 1994

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Karratha, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Three Springs, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.