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Nitraria billardierei DC.
Nitre Bush

Reference
Prodr. 3:456 (1828)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading, rigid, sometimes spiny shrub, (0.3-)0.5-2 m high, to 4 m wide. Fl. white, Jul to Dec. Sand, limestone. Coastal plains & dunes, cliffs.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 August 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Recherche, Warren, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Eucla, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Ningaloo, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Dandaragan, Dundas, Esperance, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Mandurah, Murchison, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay, Stirling, Wanneroo.