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Tribulus hirsutus Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 1:289 (1863)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or ascending perennial, herb, 0.01-0.15 m high, plants villous; leaflet pairs 3-8; fruits 5-winged, lacking spines, 20-32 mm high. Fl. yellow, Jun to Oct. Red sandy loamy soils, clay, stony soils. Stony hills, granite rocks, sandplains.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 November 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wiluna.