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Chrysopogon fallax S.T.Blake
Golden Beard Grass

Reference
Natuurk.Verh.Holl.Maatsch.Wetensch.Haarlem 2(3):9-14 (1944)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Densely tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. green, Jan to Jun. White sand, red clay, lateritic loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.