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Plantago drummondii Decne.
Sago Weed

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 13(1):701 (1852)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright, spreading annual, herb, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. green-white, Jul to Oct. Variety of soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 March 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Waroona, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.