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Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
Coast Button Grass

Reference
Enum.Pl. 1029-1030 (1809)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Decumbent annual, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. green, Mar or Jul or Sep. Red sand, brown loam, alluvium.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 November 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Pindanland.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Derby-West Kimberley, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.