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Lycium australe F.Muell.
Australian Boxthorn

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 1:83-84 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Intricately branched, spiny shrub, (0.2-)0.5-2.5 m high. Fl. white-cream/blue-purple, Feb to Oct. Sandy & clayey soils. Edges of salt lakes & claypans.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Hampton, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Nungarin, Quairading, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Trayning, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.