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Fimbristylis ferruginea Vahl

Reference
Enum.Pl. 2:291 (1805)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.5-1.5 m high. Fl. brown, May to Nov. Mud, loam, clay, grey silt, often saline. Along watercourses, springs, swamps.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, McLarty, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Karratha, Northampton, Wyndham-East Kimberley.