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Bulbostylis turbinata S.T.Blake

Reference
Proc.Roy.Soc.Queensland 52:56 (1941)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.05-0.15 m high, spikelets in a simple umbel or rarely solitary; stamens 3; nuts transversely ridged. Fl. brown, Feb to Apr. Red loam, sand, brown clay. Along watercourses, in depressions, rockholes.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 December 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Purnululu, Roebourne, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Cue, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna.