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Enteropogon ramosus B.K.Simon
Windmill Grass

Reference
Austrobaileya 2:1,3,4 (1984)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, to 1.05 m high. Fl. purple, Jan or Apr to May or Jul to Aug. Loam, clay, red sand, alluvium. Creeks, plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 February 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Merredin, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cunderdin, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Toodyay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.