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Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. subsp. helichrysoides

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

Perennial, herb, 0.3-0.4 m high, leaves hairy. Fl. yellow, Jan or May or Jul to Aug or Oct (rainfall dependant). Red sandy loam or quartz gravel and clay. Rocky gullies, floodplain.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 December 2000

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Rudall, Shield, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.