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Petalostylis cassioides (F.Muell.) Symon

Reference
Jessop, Fl.Central Austral. 106 (1981)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or erect shrub, 0.1-2 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Jan to Dec. Red sandy soils, sandstone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 February 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Dune Field, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Laverton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Perenjori, Sandstone, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.