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Perotis rara R.Br.
Comet Grass

Reference
Prodr. 172 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial (short-lived), grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.3 m high. Fl. green, Feb to Jun. Red, yellow or white sand, alluvium.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 1994
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, King Sound.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.