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Trichanthodium skirrophorum Sond.
Woolly Gnephosis

Reference
Linnaea 25:490 (1853)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending or erect annual, herb, 0.03-0.35 m high. Fl. yellow/yellow-brown, Aug to Oct. Variety of soils. Floodplains, saline flats, claypans, sand or gypsum dunes, ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 June 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Hampton, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Three Springs, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.