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Asteridea nivea (Steetz) Kroner

Reference
Mitt.Bot.Staatssamml.München 16:138 (1980)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or low spreading perennial, herb or shrub, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. white/white-pink, Apr to May or Aug to Dec. Sandy soils, often over granite, limestone or laterite. In rock crevices, hillsides, coastal cliffs, lateritic ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 April 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Denmark, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Mingenew, Narembeen, Narrogin, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Victoria Plains, West Arthur, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling.