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Andersonia gracilis DC.

Reference: Prodr. 7:767 (1839)
Conservation Code: Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Slender erect or open straggly shrub, 0.1-0.5(-1) m high. Fl. white-pink-purple, Sep to Nov. White/grey sand, sandy clay, gravelly loam. Winter-wet areas, near swamps.

Distribution

IBRA Regions: Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions: Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Canning, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Kalamunda.