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Erodium cygnorum Nees
Blue Heronsbill

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:162 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual or perennial, herb, to 0.6 m high. Fl. blue-purple/pink, Jul to Oct. Red sand, sandy loam, orange-red clay loam. Low-lying flats, sandplains, rocky hills, creeklines, edges of salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 May 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Canning, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gingin, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Murray, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Swan, Tammin, Toodyay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.