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Dysphania sphaerosperma Paul G.Wilson

Reference
Nuytsia 4:191-192 (1983)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to decumbent annual, herb, ca 0.8 m high. Fl. green-yellow, Sep. Gypseous or calcareous soils. Often around salt lakes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 September 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Merredin, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coorow, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Mount Marshall, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Wiluna.