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Lepidium phlebopetalum (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Veined Peppercress

Reference
Pl.Indig.Col.Vict. 1:47 (1862)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Decumbent to erect annual or perennial, herb, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. white-purple, May to Sep. Sandy & clayey soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Hamersley, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Nullarbor Plain, Rudall, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Beverley, Broomehill-Tambellup, Carnarvon, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Katanning, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yilgarn.