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Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus
Spikegrass

Reference
Lecomte, Fl.Indo-Chine 7:547 (1923)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual, grass-like or herb, 0.09-0.5 m high. Fl. green, Apr to Aug. Sand, sandy or black clay, alluvium, sandstone. Damp sites.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.