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Fuirena ciliaris (L.) Roxb.

Reference
Descr.Icon.Rar.Pl. 70:Tab.19 (1773)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.1-0.7 m high, perianth of 3 bristles and 3 clawed scales; scales 3-veined but otherwise unthickened. Fl. green/brown, Mar to Aug. Clay, sand, red loam, mud. Swamps, pools, claypans, along watercourses, seepage areas.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 December 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.