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Gomphrena lanata R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 416 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading annual, herb, to 0.3 m high, spikes in clusters of 1-3; staminal filament tube shorter than the fruit; pseudostaminodes present. Fl. white/pink, Jan to Aug. Red sand, red-brown loamy soils or skeletal soils. Grasslands, woodlands, rocky outcrops.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 October 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Mackay, McLarty, Pindanland, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.