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Trachymene oleracea (Domin) B.L.Burtt

Reference
J.Bot. 79:46 (1941)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual or biennial, herb, (0.15-)0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. white/blue/pink, Mar or May to Oct. Stony loam, sandy soils, ferrugineous sandstone outcrops, limestone. Rocky ridges & hills, stony watercourses, claypans, dry lake beds, desert pindan.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.