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Schoenus humilis Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:374 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.035-0.1(-0.19) m high. Fl. green-brown, Sep to Oct. Red-brown sand, red loam, clay, granite. Claypans, saline flats, winter-wet flats, river edges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 August 2001

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Lake Grace, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Narrogin, Northampton, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wickepin, Yalgoo.