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Senecio squarrosus A.Rich.
Squarrose Fireweed

Reference
Voy.Astrolabe 2:107-108 (1834)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or ascending perennial, herb, ca 0.3 m high, stems & leaf veins purple. Grey clayey loam. River beds, low slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 June 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Recherche, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Jerramungup, Manjimup, Ravensthorpe.