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Solanum orbiculatum Poir. subsp. orbiculatum
Round-leaved Solanum

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high, leaves orbicular. Fl. purple-violet, Jun to Oct. Red sand, clay & loamy soils. Sandplains & sand dunes, rocky outcrops.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cue, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.