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Eragrostis speciosa (Roem. & Schult.) Steud.
Handsome Lovegrass

Reference
Syn.Pl.Glumac. 1:279 (1854)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tussock-forming, often glaucous or pruinose perennial, grass-like or herb, (0.15-)0.3-1.4 m high. Red sand, clay, loam, alluvium. In or near watercourses, floodplains, seasonally wet areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.