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Cyperus hamulosus M.Bieb.

Reference
Fl.Taur.-Caucas. 1:35 (1808)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.04-0.05 m high, with curry-like smell when dried; spikelets more or less terete; glumes spiro-distichous. Fl. green, Apr to May. Gravelly sandy clay, mud. Lake edge.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 December 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Shield, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dandaragan, East Pilbara, Laverton, Menzies, Murchison, Upper Gascoyne.