Capparis spinosa L.
Sp.Pl. 1:503 (1753)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Amanda Spooner,
Wednesday 8 September 1999
Prostrate or scrambling shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. white-cream, Jan or Mar to Dec. Sandy soils. Coastal regions, sandstone rocks.
Distribution
Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, Northern Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions: Augustus, Cape Range, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Mitchell, Ord, Ord-Victoria Plains P1, Pindanland, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions: Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Northampton, Roebourne, Shark Bay.
