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Triodia spicata N.T.Burb.
Spike Flowered Spinifex

Reference
Austral.J.Bot. 1:182-183 (1953)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tussock-forming perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-1 m high, habit often ring-forming, spike prominently exserted, sometimes sparse, lemma entire. Fl. Jan to Nov. Shallow skeletal, stony & gravelly soils. Rocky hillsides, sandplains.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 1998
1000 km
Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Purnululu, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku.