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Eragrostis dielsii Pilg.
Mallee Lovegrass

Reference
Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:76 (1904)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted, prostrate to ascending annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.03-0.55 m high. Fl. green/purple, Apr to Sep. Clay, alluvial & saline soils, sand, loam, limestone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Dune Field, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Beverley, Broome, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Quairading, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Swan, Tammin, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Wagin, West Arthur, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.