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Atriplex bunburyana F.Muell.
Silver Saltbush

Reference
S.Sci.Rec. 2:274 (1882)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Predominantly dioecious, erect shrub, 0.3-1.3 m high. Red or grey sand, sandy loam or clay. Coastal plains, claypans, floodplains, salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Merredin, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Morawa, Murchison, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.