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Gratiola pubescens R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 435 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to ascending, aquatic or terrestrial perennial, herb, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. white/pink-purple, Jun or Oct to Dec or Jan. Sandy peaty soils, clay. Winter-wet depressions, swamps, creeks, mud flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 January 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kwinana, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur.