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Nicotiana occidentalis H.-M.Wheeler
Native Tobacco

Reference
Univ.Calif.Publ.Bot. 18:52 (1935)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Short-lived annual or perennial, herb, 0.1-1.2 m high. Fl. white-pink, Apr to Nov. Sand, clay & stony soils, limestone. Stony flats, plains, creeklines, coastal limestone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Roebourne, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Laverton, Murchison, Northampton, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.