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Sorghum amplum Lazarides

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 4:606-607 (1991)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Robust tufted annual, grass-like or herb, 1.8-4 m high. Fl. yellow-brown, May to Jul. Laterite, basalt, sandstone. Rocky ridges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell, Pentecost, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Bonaparte Gulf, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Wyndham-East Kimberley.