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Maireana georgei (Diels) Paul G.Wilson
Satiny Bluebush

Reference
Nuytsia 2:33-34 (1975)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Compact, rounded shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. Aug to Oct. Variety of soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 October 1995
Image

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Koorda, Kulin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Nungarin, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.