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Lachnostachys ferruginea Hook.
Rusty Lambstail

Reference
Icon.Pl. 5:Tab.415 (1842)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to straggling shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high, leaves usually obtuse; bracts with purple or brown indumentum; inside of corolla hairy almost to top. Fl. white-purple, Aug to Dec. Sandy & gravelly lateritic soils. Shrublands.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 September 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Boyup Brook, Chittering, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Greater Geraldton, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Moora, Northam, Northampton, Pingelly, Swan, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wongan-Ballidu.