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Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br. var. tomentosa
Barrier Saltbush

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

Prostrate to erect shrub, 0.1-1.5(-2) m high. Variety of soils, often saline.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 September 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Mitchell, Nullarbor Plain, Pindanland, Recherche, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay, WA South Coast, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.