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Erodium crinitum Carolin
Corkscrew

Reference
Proc.Linn.Soc.New South Wales 83:93-95 (1958)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling or ascending perennial, herb, 0.05-0.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Jun to Oct. Loamy & sandy soils. Granite rocks, stony hills.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 August 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Hamersley, Hampton, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, Esperance, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Ravensthorpe, Trayning, Westonia, Wiluna, Yilgarn.