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Lobelia winfridae Diels
Little Lobelia

Reference
Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:549-550 (1905)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual, herb, 0.02-0.2 m high. Fl. blue, Aug to Nov. Red sandy & clayey soils, stony soils. Rocky sandstone breakaways, lateritic screes, dunes, plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 January 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kondinin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Morawa, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Northampton, Perenjori, Quairading, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Westonia, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.