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Austrostipa tenuifolia (Steud.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Reference
Telopea 6:589 (1996)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.25-1.2 m high. Fl. green-purple, Jul to Nov. Sand, lateritic clay, loam, sometimes saline.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Beverley, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Manjimup, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Pingelly, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Waroona, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn, York.