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Marianthus bicolor (Putt.) F.Muell.
Painted Marianthus

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 2:78 (1860)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Low, erect, spreading shrub or climber, 0.45-3 m high, to 2.0 m wide. Fl. white-cream, Dec or Jan to May. Sand, clay, loam, gravel, sandstone, laterite, granite. Valleys, ridges, hills, flats, sandplains, roadsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 November 2000
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Mundaring, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.