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Lepidium platypetalum Hewson
Slender Peppercress

Reference
Brunonia 4:247-249 (1982)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Intricately branched shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. white-cream, Jul to Nov. Sandy & clayey, often gravelly soils. Breakaways, low ridge, salt flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Roebourne, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.