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Actites megalocarpus (Hook.f.) Lander
Dune Thistle

Reference
Telopea 1:130 (1976)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Fleshy rhizomatous, perennial, herb, 0.1-0.4(-0.6) m high, to 1 m wide. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan to Jun. Calcareous sand, sand over granite. Coastal dunes, cliffs, winter-wet plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 April 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Hampton, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Hampton, Recherche, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Manjimup, Wanneroo.