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Solanum esuriale Lindl.
Quena

Reference
Mitchell, Three Exped.Australia 2:43 (1838)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Clonal perennial, herb, 0.1-0.45 m high. Fl. purple-blue, Mar to Jul. Sand, clay. Coastal plains & rocky limestone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Great Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, McLarty, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Eighty Mile Beach, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Coolgardie, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Ravensthorpe.