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Streptoglossa decurrens (DC.) Dunlop

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 3:171 (1981)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, aromatic perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. pink-purple/red-purple, Jul to Nov. Stony soils. Rocky hillslopes, creek beds & flats, clay depressions.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 June 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.