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Frankenia tetrapetala Labill.
Four Petaled Frankenia

Reference
Nov.Holl.Pl. 1:88 (1805)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect rounded to prostrate shrub, 0.1-0.4 m high, 0.4-1.4 m wide. Fl. pink, Jan. Saline white/grey sand, sandy clay or clay. Salt lakes, salt water inlets.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 April 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Nungarin, Ravensthorpe, Westonia.