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Solanum ferocissimum Lindl.

Reference
Mitchell, Three Exped.Australia 2:58 (1838)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, intricate, clonal shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. purple-blue/white, Apr or Jul or Oct. Red clay loam. Rocky hills, granite outcrops.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 April 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Purnululu, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Cue, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.