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Xerochloa laniflora Benth.
Rice Grass

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:502 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.22-0.5 m high. Fl. green, Mar to Aug or Oct. Sandy loam, clay, granite, gravel. Creeks, floodplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 December 1993

Distribution

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