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Andersonia caerulea R.Br. subsp. caerulea

Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Upright, branched to round and compact shrub, to 1 m high. Fl. pink/white/blue, Feb to Dec. White to grey sand, white to grey skeletal sand over clay, red gravelly sand over laterite, grey clay over granite. Undulating plains, slopes and hillsides, along drainage lines and creekbanks, swamps, road verges.

Distribution

IBRA Regions: Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions: Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions: WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Harvey, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet, Williams.