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Showing Craspedia basaltica
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Type: "VICTORIA. Nerrin Nerrin-Woorndoo Rd, 4 km WSW of Mt Hamilton, S.J. Forbes 1433, 3.ix.1983 (holotype: MEL 666789; isotypes: AD, NSW."
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Etymology: "The epithet, undoubtedly relating to the species’ restriction to basaltic clay soils (at least apparently nowadays) was suggested by Everett. The name is appropriate and retained to avoid confusion on specimens so annotated by her."