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Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br.
Barrier Saltbush

Reference
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 408 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to erect shrub, 0.1-0.6(-2) m high. Fl. May to Sep. Variety of soils, often saline.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Hart, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Mitchell, Nullarbor Plain, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Recherche, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Eucla, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay, WA South Coast, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Beverley, Broome, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Dalwallinu, Derby-West Kimberley, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.