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Eragrostis pergracilis S.T.Blake

Reference
Proc.Roy.Soc.Queensland 59:154 (1948)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, caespitose annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, (0.03-)0.1-0.45 m high. Fl. red-brown, Mar to Sep. Red/brown or grey sand, sandy loam or clay. Saline flats, claypans, stony plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Perenjori, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.