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Calotis plumulifera F.Muell.

Reference
Trans.& Proc.Philos.Inst.Victoria 3:57 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, herb, 0.06-0.3(-0.5) m high. Fl. white/pink-purple, May to Oct. Red sand, clay or clay loam. Floodplains, stony flats, salt flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 April 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Roebourne, Rudall, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.