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Eragrostis tenellula (Kunth) Steud.
Delicate Lovegrass

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

Caespitose, erect to semi-prostrate annual, grass-like or herb, 0.06-0.5(-1.3) m high. Fl. purple, Mar to Aug. Clay, reddish, lateritic or basaltic loam, wet yellow sand. Seasonally flooded sites, banks and beds of watercourses.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.