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Waitzia acuminata Steetz var. acuminata

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or ascending annual, herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. orange-yellow, Jul to Dec or Jan. Red clay to clayey sand, sandy loam, gravel, litter, laterite, sandstone. Sand dunes, interdunal valleys, tops of breakaways & cliffs.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 April 2000
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Tammin, Trayning, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.