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Aristida holathera Domin

Reference
Biblioth.Bot. 85:340, Tab. 13(18-19) (1915)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial (short-lived), grass-like or herb, 0.23-1.25 m high. Fl. yellow-brown/purple, Mar to May. Red,grey or white sand, loam,ironstone gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Central, Chichester, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Perth, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Eighty Mile Beach, King Sound, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Ashburton, Beverley, Broome, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cunderdin, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalamunda, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mundaring, Murchison, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Pingelly, Port Hedland, Quairading, Sandstone, Swan, Tammin, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yilgarn.