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Xanthosia candida (Benth.) Steud.

Reference
Nomencl.Bot. Ed.2,2:790 (1841)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Decumbent perennial, herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. white/green/cream-yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan to May. Bare to littered red to brown loam, sandy clay, gravel, ironstone, laterite, granite. Rocky sites, hills, ridges, outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 February 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Busselton, Capel, Chittering, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, York.