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Astrebla elymoides F.M.Bailey
Weeping Mitchell Grass

Reference
Grass.Queensl. 1:8 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.6-0.9 m high. Fl. green, Jan or Mar or May. Cracking clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 October 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wyndham-East Kimberley.