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Rostellularia adscendens (R.Br.) R.M.Barker

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 9:250 (1986)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual or perennial, herb or shrub, 0.05-0.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple-violet-pink/white, Jan to Oct. Red sand, rocky loam, clay, alluvium, ironstone soils, basalt. Rocky hills & gullies, pindan cliffs, sandplains, slopes, drainage lines, pools.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Dune Field, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, King Sound.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.