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Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br. var. zeylanicum

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

Erect annual or perennial, herb or shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. blue-white, Apr to Sep or Dec. Sand, skeletal soils over granite, sandstone. Rocky hills, coastal sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 December 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Mount Magnet, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Shark Bay, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.