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Astus subroseus Trudgen & Rye

Reference
Nuytsia 15(3):505-507, Fig. 2a-f (2005)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, spreading to dense, compact shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. pink/purple, Aug to Oct. Red sand, brown sandy loams, red-brown loams over clay, laterite gravel, ironstone, granite. Gently sloping valleys, sandplains, in depressions, along drainage lines.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 October 2004

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.