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Isolepis cyperoides R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 222 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.03-0.5 m high, spikelets 1-5, 1.5-2.5 mm diam; glumes with a straight mucro; style branches 2; nut very compressed. Fl. green-brown, Jan to Feb or Apr to Dec. White, clayey or black peaty sand, sandy clay, sandy loam, clay. Winter-wet depressions, swamps, creeks, ironstone ridges.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 December 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Chapman Valley, Collie, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kwinana, Manjimup, Mingenew, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur.