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Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Janch.
Stinkgrass

Reference
Mitt.Naturwiss.Vereins Univ.Wien 5:110 (1907)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Robust annual (often odorous), grass-like or herb, 0.12-0.9 m high. Fl. green-purple, Nov to Dec or Jan or Apr to May. Variety of soils. Weed of lawns, gardens, roadsides & cultivated crops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Keep, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Pindanland, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Belmont, Broome, Busselton, Chittering, Cunderdin, Derby-West Kimberley, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Irwin, Kalamunda, Kellerberrin, Kojonup, Kwinana, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Murray, Narrogin, Northam, Nungarin, Perth, Ravensthorpe, South Perth, Swan, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yilgarn.