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Zaleya galericulata (Melville) H.Eichler
Hogweed

Reference
Suppl.Black's Fl.S.Austral. 136 (1965)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Semi-erect or sprawling perennial, herb (sometimes woody at base), to 0.3 m high, with red stems. Fl. white/other/red, Feb to Mar or May to Aug or Oct. Red sandy or loamy soils, alluvium, gravel, limestone, ironstone. Floodplains, rocky hills, flat terrain, wash areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 May 2000
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.