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Thyridolepis mitchelliana (Nees) S.T.Blake
Mulga Grass

Reference
Contr.Queensland Herb. 13:27-31 (1972)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial (woolly at the base), grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.5 m high. Fl. green, May to Sep. Sandy loam, red sand, gravel, granite. Sandplains, breakaways, dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 November 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Cue, East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.