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Duboisia hopwoodii (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Pituri
This plant is common in the the Australian deserts. It is important to the Aboriginal people as a bush medicine.

	*Duboisia hopwoodii*	*Duboisia hopwoodii*

	Description:Flower	Description:Flowers
	Location:Eyre Bird Observatory Road, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory
	GPS coordinates:32˚10.1350S, 126°18.0980E	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E
	Date of photo:19 October 2018	Date of photo:26 September 2018
	Field No.:7547	Field No.:6746

	*Duboisia hopwoodii*	*Duboisia hopwoodii*

	Description:Flowers	Description:Flowers - side view
	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory
	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E
	Date of photo:26 September 2018	Date of photo:26 September 2018
	Field No.:6746	Field No.:6746

	*Duboisia hopwoodii*	*Duboisia hopwoodii*

	Description:Leaf	Description:Leaf - underside
	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory
	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E
	Date of photo:26 September 2018	Date of photo:26 September 2018
	Field No.:6746	Field No.:6746

	*Duboisia hopwoodii*	*Duboisia hopwoodii*

	Description:Plant	Description:Plant in freshly burnt habitat
	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory	Location:Eyre Bird Observatory Road, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E	GPS coordinates:32˚10.1350S, 126°18.0980E
	Date of photo:26 September 2018	Date of photo:19 October 2018
	Field No.:6746	Field No.:7547

	*Duboisia hopwoodii*	*Duboisia hopwoodii*

	Description:Plant	Description:Plant
	Location:Eyre Bird Observatory Road, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia	Location:Eyre Bird Observatory Road, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates:32˚10.1350S, 126°18.0980E	GPS coordinates:32˚10.1350S, 126°18.0980E
	Date of photo:19 October 2018	Date of photo:19 October 2018
	Field No.:7547	Field No.:7547

	*Duboisia hopwoodii*	*Duboisia hopwoodii*

	Description:Shrub - bark	Description:Plant in habitat
	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory	Location:30K E of Curtin Springs, Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory
	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E	GPS coordinates:25˚13.9230S, 132°01.0340E
	Date of photo:26 September 2018	Date of photo:26 September 2018
	Field No.:6746	Field No.:6746

References (accessed 2 February 2019):

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29:18-21

http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Solanaceae/Solanaceae%20species/key/Australian%20Solanaceae%20species/Media/Html/Duboisia_hopwoodii.htm

https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6966

https://www.outbackchef.com.au/pituri-bush-bush-medicine-native-hallucinogenic/

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