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Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl
Eight Day Grass

Reference
Enum.Pl. 2:287 (1805)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shortly rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.03-0.6 m high. Fl. brown, Feb to Oct. Red or rocky basaltic loam, sand, granite, sometimes saline. Creek banks, claypans, granite outcrops, stony hillsides.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Berkeley, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.