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Olearia incana (D.A.Cooke) Lander

Reference
Nuytsia 18:97-100 (2008)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, open shrub, 0.5-2 m high, young stems and both surfaces of leaves lanate with grey arachnoid tomentum. Fl. white & yellow, Jun to Oct. Red or yellow sand, red loam over limestone. Flats, sandplains, spinifex sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 May 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Laverton, Menzies, Wiluna, Yilgarn.