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Burchardia congesta Lindl.
Milkmaids

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 58 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Open, erect tuberous, perennial, herb, to 0.8 m high. Yellow-brown or black peaty or stony grey sand, brown-grey loam, brown-red sandy clay, ironstone, gravel, laterite, granite, quartz. Sand dunes, plains, uplands, valley slopes, ridges, hillsides, tracks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 January 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Belmont, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Cambridge, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Mingenew, Moora, Mosman Park, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Subiaco, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Waroona, Wongan-Ballidu, York.