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Blumea tenella DC.

Reference
Wight, Contr.Bot.India 13 (1834)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, aromatic, often viscid annual, herb, 0.03-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr to Aug. Rocky or loam soils, cracking clay. River floodplains, near creeks or swamps, gorges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 April 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.