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Tragus australianus S.T.Blake
Small Burrgrass

Reference
Natuurk.Verh.Holl.Maatsch.Wetensch.Haarlem 1(18):12 (1941)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or erect annual, grass-like or herb, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. green, Apr to Jul. Red sand, loam, clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 December 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.