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Eragrostis olida Lazarides

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 10:137-138,Figs 3c,j,6c (1997)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Odorous, viscid perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.17-0.5 m high. Skeletal stony soils. Dry creek beds, sandstone rocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Pindanland, Purnululu, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.