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Echinochloa crus-pavonis (Kunth) Schult.
South American Barnyard Grass

Reference
Mant. 2:269 (1824)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted, sometimes decumbent annual, grass-like or herb, 1.3 m high. Fl. green, Jan to Apr. Weed in gardens.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 5 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Canning, Gosnells, Manjimup, Melville, Stirling.