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Enneapogon robustissimus (Domin) N.T.Burb.

Reference
Proc.Linn.Soc.London 153:78 (1941)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, to 0.6 m high. Fl. blue-purple, May. Red sandy loam, sandy alluvium, gravelly sand with pebble and stone wash. Undulating sandplains, along river banks and creeklines, coastal areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 February 2006

Distribution

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