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Eriachne pulchella Domin subsp. pulchella

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

Slender erect or decumbent annual, grass-like or herb, (0.02-)0.04-0.12(-0.3) m high. Fl. purple-brown, Jun to Sep. Shallow & skeletal soils over granite & ironstone, sandy soils. Stony hillslopes, rocky outcrops, river & creek beds, plains, flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mardabilla, Merredin, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.