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Cyperus cunninghamii (C.B.Clarke) C.A.Gardner

Reference
Enum.Pl.Austral.Occ. 12 (1930)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.3-0.7(-1) m high. Fl. yellow-brown, Mar to Aug. Stony, red sand, red clay, quartzite outcrops. Rocky hills, on ledges, in gullies.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 September 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.