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Stemodia lythrifolia Benth.
Bunu Bunu

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:486 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Aromatic, robust perennial, herb, 0.2-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. purple/blue-purple/white, Feb to Nov. Sandy shallow soils over sandstone, laterite. In rock crevices, near creeks, springs.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 January 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Cambridge-Bonaparte, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.