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Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer

Reference
Austrobaileya 5:198 (1999)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small tree or shrub, 1-3(-5) m high, plant covered in oil glands, most visible and prominent on the tomentose branchlets. Fl. pink-white, Jan to Dec. Sand, skeletal soils, sandstone. Rocky gullies, sandstone escarpments, streambanks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland.
IMCRA Regions
Canning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.