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Echinochloa esculenta (A.Braun) H.Scholz

Reference: Taxon 41:523 (1992)
Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Alien to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Tufted annual, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1.2 m high. Fl. purple, May. Clay. Along irrigation channels & in cultivated fields.

Distribution

IBRA Regions: Dampierland, Jarrah Forest, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions: Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Boyup Brook, Derby-West Kimberley, Kalamunda, Plantagenet, Wyndham-East Kimberley.