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Senecio gregorii F.Muell.
Fleshy Groundsel

Reference
New South Wales Leg.Ass.Votes & Proc. 2:7 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, fleshy annual, herb, to 1 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Oct. Red or brown or white-grey clay, red sands or loams, laterite, sandstone. Flats, dunes, depressions, saline sites, clay pans, along breakaways, at the base of rocky outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 October 2004

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna.