Ecdeiocolea monostachya
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Ecdeiocolea monostachya is a species of grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

-like plant from Western Australia. It was first described by von Mueller in 1874. It is a perennial herb which grows in tufts 0.4 to 1 m (1-3 ft) high and 1 m (3 ft) wide. It is found in yellow sands over laterite
Laterite
Laterites are soil types rich in iron and aluminium, formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are rusty-red because of iron oxides. They develop by intensive and long-lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock...

in Western Australia.
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