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Blumea psammophila Dunlop

Reference
Fl.Australia 37:607, Fig. 50A-C (2015)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender erect to straggling, viscid annual, herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Mar or May to Jun or Sep. Skeletal soils over sandstone. Seepage areas, creeks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 April 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu.
IMCRA Regions
Bonaparte Gulf.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.