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Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
Crowsfoot Grass

Reference
Fruct.Sem.Pl. 1:8 (1788)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.9 m high. Fl. green, Feb to Jun. Brown or calcareous sand, loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 November 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Geraldton Sandplains, Indian Tropical Islands, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Mitchell, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Pindanland, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Ashburton, Broome, Canning, Carnarvon, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Dardanup, Derby-West Kimberley, Fremantle, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Kent, Leonora, Manjimup, Melville, Northampton, Stirling, Swan, Victoria Park, Wyndham-East Kimberley.