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Cymbopogon obtectus S.T.Blake
Silkyheads

Reference
Natuurk.Verh.Holl.Maatsch.Wetensch.Haarlem 2(3):55-58 (1944)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. green-purple, Jan or Nov to Dec or Apr to Sep. Brown or red loam, red sand or granite.

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, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, McLarty, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Pindanland, Roebourne, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Chittering, Coolgardie, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Jerramungup, Karratha, Kondinin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Mundaring, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, West Arthur, Wiluna, York.