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Opercularia echinocephala Benth.
Bristly Headed Stink Weed

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:436 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading perennial, herb or shrub, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. green-pink, Aug to Nov. Lateritic soils, grey sand. Flat plains, river banks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 March 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Brookton, Busselton, Collie, Esperance, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Murray, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, York.