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Pterocaulon serrulatum (Montrouz.) Guillaumin

Reference
Bull.Soc.Bot.France 84:56 (1937)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading or erect, aromatic perennial, herb or shrub, 0.4-1 m high. Fl. white-cream-pink, May to Oct. Often on gravelly soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 June 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, King Sound.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.