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Maireana platycarpa Paul G.Wilson
Shy Bluebush

Reference
Nuytsia 2:42-43 (1975)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Brittle, much-branched shrub, 0.1-0.6(-0.8) m high. Sandy clay, sand, sandy loam, clay. Saline flats, gypsum dunes, rocky hillsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Merredin, Tallering, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Koorda, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Sandstone, Wiluna, Yalgoo.