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Pluchea rubelliflora (F.Muell.) B.L.Rob.

Reference
Proc.Amer.Acad.Arts 47:206 (1911)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Multi-stemmed, straggling perennial, herb or shrub (subshrub), 0.15-0.6 m high, leaves glabrous, glandular or pilose, bases decurrent. Fl. white-pink-blue-purple, Jan to Dec. Seasonally wet areas, swamps, claypans, dry rivers, tidal flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 May 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.