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Cynanchum floribundum R.Br.
Dumara Bush

Reference
Prodr. 463 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or scrambling to twining shrub, 0.1-2 m high. Fl. white-cream, Mar to Oct. Sandy soils. Along drainage lines, coastal dunes, granite rocks.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 October 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.