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Capparis umbonata Lindl.
Wild Orange

Reference
T.Mitch., J.Exped.Trop.Australia 257 (1848)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub, 1-10 m high. Fl. white-cream-yellow, Jan to Mar or May to Jun or Sep. Alluvium, loam clay, pindan sand. Sandstone ridges, floodplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 April 1996
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Distribution

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