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Opercularia spermacocea Juss.

Reference
Ann.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat. 4:427 (1804)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or spreading perennial, herb or shrub, (0.05-)0.1-0.4(-1) m high. Fl. green-white, May or Jul to Nov. White, grey, yellow or red sand, often over limestone, lateritic soils. Sandplains, sand dunes, coastal cliffs.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 March 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Eastern Goldfield, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Warren, Western Mallee, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Shark Bay, WA South Coast, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cuballing, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Exmouth, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kulin, Menzies, Mingenew, Mount Marshall, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay.