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Oxalis exilis A.Cunn.

Reference
Ann.Nat.Hist. Ser.1,3:316 (1839)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Open, erect, small herb, to 0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Dec. White-grey sand, brown sandy loam or clay, red-brown loam, black-brown clay, gravel, sandstone, limestone, laterite, granite. Outcrops, coastal dunes, hills and slopes, swampy areas around creeks, edges salt lakes.

Ben Richardson, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 November 2016

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Capel, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kojonup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Menzies, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Narrogin, Northampton, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Swan, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.