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Nicotiana heterantha Symon & Kenneally

Reference
Nuytsia 9(3):421-425, Figs 1, 2 (1994)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Decumbent, short-lived annual or perennial, herb, to 0.5 m high, forming low, spreading colonies. Fl. white-cream, Mar to Jun or Sep. Black clay. Seasonally wet flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Murchison, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.