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Cyperus cunninghamii (C.B.Clarke) C.A.Gardner subsp. cunninghamii

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.3-0.7(-1) m high. Fl. yellow-brown, Mar to Aug. Stony, red sand. Rocky hills, on ledges, in gullies.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 November 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.