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Cheiranthera filifolia Turcz.

Reference
Bull.Soc.Imp.Naturalistes Moscou 27 (2):364 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, to 1 m high (rarely taller). Fl. blue-purple, Aug to Dec. Red-brown loam over banded ironstone. Ridge crests in disturbed mallee and scrub.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 5 August 2008
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Coolgardie, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Narembeen, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Three Springs, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.