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Dichanthium sericeum (R.Br.) A.Camus
Queensland Blue Grass

Reference
Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.(Paris) 27:549 (1921)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, grass-like or herb, 0.1-1.2 m high. Fl. green-purple-brown, Mar to Sep. Variety of soils, limestone, granite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yilgarn.