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Golden Sand Sage

Family: Lamiaceae

Genus: Dicrastylis

Species: exsuccosa

Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Description

Shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. white-yellow, Apr to Nov. Red sand, gravel. Sand dunes & plains.

Note; this plant can often be a dominant along the WA desert tracks. Generally unremarkable, its dull green/yellow is often a track's defining colour.

Identification

The main flower colour is yellow.

References

http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6758

Created: 01 Mar 2014 - John Baas
Updated: 19 Nov 2014 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gibson Desert (GID), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Tanami (TAN)

Region Specifics

In WA: Deserts Wiluna to the SA border.

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