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Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth.
Yellow-top

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:576 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual, herb, 0.01-0.05 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Sandy, clay or loamy soils. Stony hills, sandplains, floodplains, rocky outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 April 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Beverley, Bruce Rock, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Greater Geraldton, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Merredin, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narrogin, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.