''Stirlingia tenuifolia'' is a herb or shrub endemic to
Western Australia
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The erect perennial herb or shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between September and November producing yellow-cream flowers.
It is found on dunes, sand plains, swamps and hillsides in the
South West
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,
Great Southern and
Goldfields-Esperanceregions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-gravelly soils.
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References
Eudicots of Western Australia
tenuifolia
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1841
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