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Setaria dielsii R.A.W.Herrm.
Diels' Pigeon Grass

Reference
Rosen, Beitr.Biol.Pflanzen 10:52 (1910)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual, grass-like or herb, 0.2-1.3 m high. Fl. green, Jan to Oct. White or grey-brown sand, loam, clay, alluvium. Moist habitats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Tallering, Timor Sea Coral Islands, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Ningaloo, North West Shelf, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Leonora, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.