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Maireana tomentosa Moq.
Felty Bluebush

Reference
Chenop.Monogr.Enum. 96 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.1-0.6(-1) m high. Clay, clayey sand, loam, skeletal soils over limestone. Saline plains, salt lakes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 October 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.