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Dissocarpus paradoxus (R.Br.) Ulbr.
Curious Saltbush

Reference
Engler & Prantl, Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] Ed.2, 16c:533 (1934)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or decumbent, woolly shrub, 0.1-0.7 m high. Fl. white-other, Jun to Sep. Red clay loam, red clayey sand. Floodplains, saline flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 September 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Rudall, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.