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Lachnostachys verbascifolia F.Muell.
Lambs' Tails

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 6:158-159 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.3-1.3 m high, leaves usually obtuse; bracts with white indumentum. Fl. purple-white, Jun to Nov. Sandy soils, rarely with laterite. Shrublands and woodlands.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Beverley, Boddington, Chittering, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cue, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Kalamunda, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murray, Northam, Perenjori, Perth, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Wandering, West Arthur, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, York.