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Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich.) Steud.
Sickle Lovegrass

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:649 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sometimes rhizomatous, caespitose, wiry perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.14-0.7 m high. Fl. green/purple, Apr to Sep. Sand, clay, grey loam, often saline soils. Saline flats, salt lakes, floodplains, saline sandy rises.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Goomalling, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.