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Sphenotoma gracilis (R.Br.) Sweet
Swamp Paper-heath

Reference
Fl.Austral. 44 (1828)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, lax or erect shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Dec or Jan to Feb. Grey-white sand, brown sandy clay over laterite, grey-black peaty sandy clay or loam over granite, littered or gravelly soil. Swamps, winter-wet depressions, flood plains, hills, road verges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 March 2008
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet.