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Triraphis mollis R.Br.
Needle Grass

Reference
Prodr. 185 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-0.45 m high. Fl. purple-green, May to Sep. Red sand, loam, clay, sandstone. Coastal sand dunes, creek floodouts.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.