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Gomphrena kanisii J.Palmer

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 11:93-94 (1998)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to ascending annual, herb, to 0.45 m high, leaves 2-8(-13) mm wide; spikes 16-35 m wide, pedunculate; tepals 7-12 mm long. Fl. white/pink, Feb to Oct. Sandy, clayey or stony red soils. Shrubland, near watercourses and depressions.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 November 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Karratha, Meekatharra, Upper Gascoyne.