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Capparis lasiantha DC.
Split Jack

Reference
Prodr. 1:247 (1824)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spiny, twining shrub or climber, 0.5-4 m high. Fl. white, Jun to Sep. Sandy & clayey soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.