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Euphorbia boophthona C.A.Gardner
Gascoyne Spurge

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 27:181 (1942)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect perennial or annual, herb, 0.07-0.6(-1) m high. Fl. yellow-green, Mar to Oct. Sandy, clay & loamy soils. Plains, stony flats & hills.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cue, East Pilbara, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.