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Capparis spinosa L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 1:503 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or scrambling shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. white-cream, Jan or Mar to Dec. Sandy soils. Coastal regions, sandstone rocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Mackay, Mitchell, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Canning, Central West Coast, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Northampton, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.