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Enneapogon lindleyanus (Domin) C.E.Hubb.
Wiry Nineawn

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 450 (1934)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, tufted annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. white/cream/green, May or Jul to Aug. Red sand, gravelly red-brown sandy loam, brown silty loam, alluvium, ironstone, basalt. Amongst rocks and boulder outcrops, scree slopes, along creeks, in crevices.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 February 2006

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Cape Range, Carlisle, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Purnululu, Roebourne.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.