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Sclerolaena diacantha (Nees) Benth.
Grey Copperburr

Reference
Fl.Austral. 5:194 (1870)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate perennial, herb, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul. Red sand, loam, clay or sandy clay, often calcareous soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 October 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.