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Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob.

Reference
Proc.Biol.Soc.Washington 103:252 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Erect annual or perennial, herb, 0.2-1.1 m high. Fl. pink-purple-blue/white, Jan to Dec. Sand, loam, clay, laterite, haematite. Near permanent water, plateaus, thickets, along tracks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.