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Eriachne flaccida Hartley
Claypan Grass

Reference
J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 52:346 (1942)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.07-0.6 m high. Fl. green/purple, Mar to May or Jul to Sep. Clay, loam, sandstone, basalt, sometimes saline soils. Creek and river banks, swampy areas.

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, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.