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Stylidium macranthum Carlquist
Crab Claws

Reference
Aliso 7:52-54 (1969)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.1-0.5 m high, Leaves tufted, linear, 4-26 cm long, 0.6-2.1 mm wide, apex acute to mucronate, margin involute, glabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape pilose below inflorescence, glandular along inflorescence axis. Inflorescence cymose. Fl. white/pink/violet, Sep to Nov. Sand over limestone, granite or laterite. Hillslopes and flats. Mallee shrubland, low heath.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 June 2006
1000 km
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Recherche.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Ravensthorpe.