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Triodia racemigera C.A.Gardner
Rock Spinifex

Reference
Fl.W.Austral. 1:77-78 (1952)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tussock-forming perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1.3 m high, leaf blades extemely long, slender, panicle spiciform racemose, spikelets plump. Fl. Dec or Feb to May. Sandstone. Steep rocky slopes, crevices, cliffs & ridges.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep, Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.