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Eragrostis lanipes C.E.Hubb.
Creeping Wanderrie

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 449 (1934)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.9 m high, with woolly bulbous base. Fl. purple, Jul to Oct. Red sand or sandy loam, clay. Sandplains & sand dunes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.