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Chenopodium gaudichaudianum (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
Cottony Saltbush

Reference
Nuytsia 4:160 (1983)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scrambling shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Fl. green/green-white, May or Aug to Sep. Red/brown sand, sandy clay, clay. Often in slightly saline situations, coastal sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 September 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cue, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Murchison, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.