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Duboisia hopwoodii (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Pituri

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 10:20 (1876)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Wispy shrub, 0.8-4 m high. Fl. white-cream, Jun to Nov. Yellow or red sand, sandy loam. Plains, low dunes & rises.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Pindanland, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Eighty Mile Beach, Eucla, Ningaloo, Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Carnamah, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.