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Triodia schinzii (Henrard) Lazarides
Feathertop Spinifex

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 10:474 (1997)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tussock-forming resinous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.6-2.1 m high, glumes aristulate, much longer than body of spikelet. Fl. Aug to Oct or Jan to Mar. Red sandy soils. Sandplains, red sand dunes.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Central, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Canning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna.