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Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl

Reference
Syn. 2:75 (1791)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading or scrambling shrub, 1-3 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Saline mud.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Darwin Coastal, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.