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Quinetia urvillei Cass.

Reference
Dict.Sci.Nat. [F. Cuvier] 60:591 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, erect annual, herb, 0.03-0.2 m high. Fl. purple-pink-red, Aug to Oct. Moist sandy soils. Granite outcrops & hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 June 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Collie, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Mount Marshall, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, Westonia, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.