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Salsola australis R.Br.

Reference
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 411 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, compact, somewhat fleshy shrub, to 1 m high. Fl. green/cream/white, Mar to May or Jul to Sep. Rocky red sandy loam, red-brown or grey sandy clay, sandstone. Seasonal wetlands, creek beds, rocky rivers, bases of sand ridges, hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 2007

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Nullarbor Plain, Pentecost, Perth, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, North West Shelf, Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broome, Bruce Rock, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cottesloe, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Derby-West Kimberley, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Irwin, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kondinin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Mandurah, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Plantagenet, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Wagin, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.