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Xerochloa barbata R.Br.
Rice Grass

Reference
Prodr. 197 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.56(-1) m high. Fl. green, Jan or Mar to Sep. Yellow sand, loam, clay, frequently saline.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.