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Amaranthus cuspidifolius Domin

Reference
Biblioth.Bot. 22(89):632-633 (1921)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rambling, spindly, erect herb (with pink stems), to 0.3 m high. Fl. Aug to Sep. Skeletal gritty red-brown soil with rocks and gravel, red alluvial clay loam, cracking clay, sandstone. Along breakaway and scree slopes, drainage lines, ridges, sump areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.