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Cymbopogon ambiguus (Hack.) A.Camus
Scentgrass

Reference
Rev.Bot.Appl.Agric.Colon. 1:290 (1921)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Aromatic, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1.8 m high. Fl. green, Nov to Dec or Jan to Jun. Rocky red loam, sand, ironstone, granite, limestone, sandstone. Creeks.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Nullarbor Plain, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Beverley, Broome, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Gnowangerup, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.