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Andersonia sprengelioides R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 554 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dense, cushion or mat-like shrub, 0.1-0.4(-0.6) m high. Fl. pink/blue-purple, Jul to Dec or Jan to Apr. Sandy granitic soils. Granite outcrops & hills, coastal areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 April 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Cranbrook, Denmark, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.