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Pithocarpa pulchella Lindl.
Beautiful Pithocarpa

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 23 (1839)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, slender, rigid perennial, herb, 0.1-0.8 m high. Fl. white & yellow, Jan to Aug or Nov to Dec. Sandy soils over laterite, gravelly loam, limestone, granite. Seasonally wet sites, slopes, ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Cockburn, Coorow, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, West Arthur.