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Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
South African Pigeon Grass

Reference
Prain, Fl.Trop.Afr. [Oliver et al.] 9:795 (1930)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, densely tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.4-1.8 m high. Fl. yellow/green/purple, Nov to Dec or Jan to Apr. Sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Keep, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Roebourne, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Boyup Brook, Broomehill-Tambellup, Canning, Chittering, Cranbrook, Cunderdin, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Plantagenet, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.