on the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, Kangaroo Island and Flinders Ranges. Variety piligera often grows near granite rocks or in winter-wet areas and is found from the Murchison River to Margaret River and along the south coast of Western Australia to near Esperance in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions. Variety simulans occurs between Wongan Hills and Bruce Rock in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion of south-western Western Australia. Conservation status All four varieties of P. imbricata found in Western Australian are listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, References imbricata Malvales of Australia Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Plants described in 1810 Flora of Western Australia Flora of South Australia