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Stemodia lathraia W.R.Barker

Reference: J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 13: 90 (1990)
Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Faintly aromatic, much-branched perennial, herb, ca 0.3 m high. Fl. purple-blue, Mar to Aug. Clay, rarely sandy soils. Seasonally inundated areas.

Distribution

IBRA Regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions: Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions: Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.