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Wilsonia backhousei Hook.f.
Narrow-leaf Wilsonia

Reference
London J.Bot. 6:275 (1847)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Creeping, mat-forming perennial, herb. Fl. white/yellow-white, Oct to Dec. Calcareous sand, sandy clay. Lake edges, salt marshes, seasonally wet flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 November 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Cockburn, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Esperance, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kent, Manjimup, Murray, Northampton, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay, Waroona, West Arthur, Yalgoo.