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Maireana melanocoma (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
Pussy Bluebush

Reference
Nuytsia 2:42 (1975)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Much-branched shrub, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. green-white, Jul to Aug. Clay loam, rocky soils over ironstone, quartzite or basalt. Rocky hillslopes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 October 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Rudall, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.