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Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.

Reference
Comm.Pl.Afr.Austr. 202 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, erect perennial, herb or shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. white-cream, Dec or Mar to Apr. Peaty sand, sandy clay. Salt or winter-wet lake edges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 October 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Perth, Stirling.