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Pluchea dentex Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:529 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Aromatic perennial, herb or shrub (subshrub), 0.15-0.65(-1) m high, leaves glandular-stipitate, bases not decurrent. Fl. pink-purple/red/blue, Apr to Nov. Gravelly soils. Dry creek beds, rocky hillsides.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 March 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.