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Eriachne benthamii Hartley
Swamp Wanderrie

Reference
J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 52:345 (1942)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.4-0.9 m high. Fl. purple, Dec or Jan to Sep. Clay. Along watercourses, claypans, low-lying, waterlogged or seasonally flooded sites.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, McLarty, Roebourne, Shield, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.