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Schoenia ayersii (F.Muell.) J.M.Black

Reference
Trans.& Proc.Roy.Soc.South Australia 39:840 (1915)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright annual, herb, (0.06-)0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Often on sandy & stony soils. Arid ranges & hills, stony flats, floodplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 June 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.