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Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila (A.Cunn.) Hassall
Desert Spurge

Reference
Austral.J.Bot. 25:439 (1977)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual or perennial, herb or shrub, 0.1-1 m high. Fl. green-yellow, Jan or Apr to Sep. Stony or sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 September 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Irwin, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.