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Eragrostis lacunaria Benth.
Purple Lovegrass

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

Annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.12-0.6 m high. Skeletal soils over granite. Edges of rock pool.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cue, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna.