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Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.
Spiked Malvastrum

Reference
Emory, Rep.U.S.Mex.Bound.,Bot. 2 (2):38 (1858)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect perennial, herb or shrub, 0.5-1.3 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Apr to Jul. Orange/red/yellow sands, gritty alluvial sand, black/brown clay, alluvial cracking clays, limestone, calcrete. Stony ridges and hillsides, floodplains, along drainage lines.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 June 2005
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mount Eliza, Nullarbor Plain, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.