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Datura leichhardtii Benth.
Native Thornapple

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:468-469 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Stout annual, herb, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. white, Jun to Oct. Alluvium. Along watercourses.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 August 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Roebourne, Trainor, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Upper Gascoyne.