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Cassytha capillaris Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 15(1):252 (1864)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Parasitic perennial, herb and climber. Fl. white, Jan to Dec (depending on rain). Found on undergrowth (grasses).

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 May 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Ningaloo.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.