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Solanum orbiculatum Poir.
Wild Tomato

Reference
Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 3:762 (1814)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. purple-violet, Jun to Oct. Red sand, clay, loamy & skeletal soils. Sandplains & dunes, rocky hills & outcrops, gullies.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.