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Podotheca gnaphalioides Graham
Golden Long-heads

Reference
Bot.Mag. 68:Tab.3920 (1842)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or decumbent, often viscid annual, herb, 0.02-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow/orange-yellow, Aug to Nov. Variety of soils, tends to favour sandy soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 May 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Coorow, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kellerberrin, Kojonup, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Murchison, Murray, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Sandstone, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Stirling, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.