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Pterocaulon sphacelatum (Labill.) F.Muell.
Apple Bush

Reference
Syst.Census Austral.Pl. 79 (1882)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or straggling perennial, herb or shrub, 0.3-1.2(-2) m high. Fl. green-blue-purple-white, Apr to Oct. Variety of habitats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 June 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.