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Rutidosis helichrysoides DC.
Grey Wrinklewort

Reference
Prodr. 6:159 (1838)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, branched perennial, herb, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan or Mar to May or Jul to Nov. Red sandy loam, quartz gravel, clay. Along watercourses, floodplains, rocky gullies.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 September 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Rudall, Shield, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.