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Drosera subhirtella Planch.
Sunny Rainbow

Reference
Ann.Sci.Nat., Bot. Ser.3,9:292 (1848)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb or climber, to 0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. Sand, clay, loam. Granite outcrops, margins of swamps, sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Boddington, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chittering, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Moora, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, South Perth, Swan, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, York.