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Whiteochloa airoides (R.Br.) Lazarides

Reference
Brunonia 1:73-77 (1978)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial or annual (apparently sometimes), grass-like or herb, 0.4-1.5 m high. Fl. green-purple, Feb to Aug. White or red sand, alluvium, laterite, loam, clay. Coastal dunes, stream banks or levees.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.