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Eragrostis eriopoda Benth.
Woollybutt Grass

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:648 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.6 m high, with bulbous, woolly base. Fl. green/purple, Mar to Sep. Red or white sand, clay, calcareous loam, sandstone, alluvium.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Dune Field, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, McLarty, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.