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Lissanthe rubicunda (F.Muell.) J.M.Powell, Crayn & E.A.Br.

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 16:607 (2003)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, erect to spreading, sparsely branched shrub, to 1 m high, flowers pedicellate above bracteoles. Fl. red/pink/purple, Jul to Sep. Dark yellow, white & grey-brown sands, pale orange-brown clays, spongeolite, limestone, laterite,. Plains, valley slopes, watercourses, winter-wet sites, edges salt lakes, swamps.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 May 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Recherche, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Ravensthorpe.