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Enneapogon caerulescens (Gaudich.) N.T.Burb.
Limestone Grass

Reference
Proc.Linn.Soc.London 153:87-88 (1941)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial or annual (rarely), grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. green/other, Mar to Jul. White, brown or red sand, clay, sandstone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 February 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Hamersley, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Toodyay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.