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Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch. subsp. minima

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright, spreading, moderately open annual, herb, to 0.1 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul. Sand, well-drained gritty alluvial soils. Banks of pools and rivers, in river beds, rocky gullies, drainage lines.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 November 2001

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Pindanland, Rudall, Trainor, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Ngaanyatjarraku, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.