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Santalum lanceolatum R.Br.
Northern Sandalwood

Reference
Prodr. 356 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 1-7 m high, hemiparasitic on roots. Fl. green-white-cream, Jan to Oct. Red sand, sandy loam, clay. Creek & river beds, red sand dunes, sandstone or limestone ridges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 July 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yilgarn.