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Lepidium rotundum (Desv.) DC.
Veined Peppercress

Reference
Syst.Veg. 2:537 (1821)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or spreading shrub, (0.05-)0.1-0.15(-0.3) m high. Fl. white-pink, Jul to Nov. Sand on limestone. Coastal areas, salt lake margins.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Coorow, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Kent, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.