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Isolepis hookeriana Boeckeler
Bristle Club Rush

Reference
Flora 41:418 (1858)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.03-0.15 m high, style 3-branched; nuts circular in cross-section, prominently reticulate-patterned. Fl. green, Sep to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sandy clay, clay. Winter-wet flats.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 December 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Corrigin, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dundas, Gosnells, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Murray, Northam, Swan, Waroona.