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Gomphrena canescens R.Br. subsp. canescens

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading annual, herb, to 0.9 m high, bracts translucent throughout or opaque white at apex only; style (4.8-)6.2-10.3 mm long. Fl. white/pink/purple, Feb to Sep. Skeletal soils, sand, sandy clay, lateritic soils. Woodland, rocky slopes, coastal dunes, disturbed areas.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 November 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.