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Aristida exserta S.T.Blake

Reference
Proc.Roy.Soc.Queensland 51:172 (1940)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.4-0.75 m high. Fl. Mar to Apr or Jul. Stony, red, sandy loam. Among boulders.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 October 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu, Tanami Desert.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.