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Josephinia eugeniae F.Muell.
Josephinia Burr

Reference
Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 9:370 (1857)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading, unpleasantly aromatic annual, herb, 0.2-0.6 m high, covered by simple, moderately long eglandular hairs. Fl. purple-pink, Jan to Mar. Sandy to clayey soil, river levee soils, basalt, ironstone. On open sandy plains, creek banks, at base of hills by rock holes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 February 2000

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Mackay, Merredin, Mount Eliza, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Morawa, Murchison, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.