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Orange Immortelle

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Waitzia

Species: acuminata

Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Description

Erect or ascending annual, herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. red-orange-yellow-white-pink, Jul to Dec or Jan. Sand, clay, loam, gravel, litter, laterite, sandstone, granite. Sand dunes & plains, rocky places, saline depressions.

Identification

The main flower colour is yellow.

References

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Waitzia+acuminata

http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8275

Created: 27 May 2014 - John Baas
Updated: 19 Nov 2014 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Broken Hill Complex (BHC)

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