- Reference
- Enum.Pl. 4:616 (1843)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Twining leafless perennial, herb (with tuberous roots), 0.2-2 m high. Fl. purple, Aug to Nov. White or red sand, loam, clay, laterite, granite.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Trainor, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Canning, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cottesloe, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kojonup, Kondinin, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Mandurah, Manjimup, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Murchison, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Pingelly, Rockingham, Sandstone, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, South Perth, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Park, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Waroona, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.