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Rhynchospora exserta C.B.Clarke

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 8:33 (1908)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), (0.08-)0.2-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow-brown/green, Feb to Jun. Laterite, red or brown loam. Seepage areas, in depressions, along watercourses.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.