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Sida brownii Clement

Reference
Contr.Gray Herb. 180:35 (1957)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.15-0.45 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Aug. Stony sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 September 1996
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Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 30-70 mm long, 12-40 mm wide, not lobed; margins sinuate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves or present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 8-12 mm long. Flowering time May, June, July or August. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert and Murchison.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Hamersley, Rudall, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Murchison, Upper Gascoyne.