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Hemigenia sericea Benth.
Silky Hemigenia

Reference
Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 80 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or erect shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. blue/blue-purple, Aug to Dec. Sand, gravelly, often lateritic soils. Granite or limestone outcrops, flats, lateritic ridges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 December 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Busselton, Carnamah, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Gingin, Goomalling, Irwin, Kwinana, Manjimup, Mundaring, Narrogin, Northam, Wanneroo, Wongan-Ballidu.