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Fimbristylis depauperata R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 227 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.1-0.4(-0.5) m high, stamens (2-)3; style flat, 2-branched, style base glabrous or ciliolate; nut biconvex. Fl. green-brown, Feb to Aug. Brown clay, sand, gravelly laterite. Seepage areas, swamps, along watercourses.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 December 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Berkeley, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Menzies, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.