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Damasonium minus (R.Br.) Buchenau
Starfruit

Reference
Abh.Naturwiss.Vereins Bremen 2:20 (1869)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Emergent, attached aquatic annual or perennial, herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. white/pink, Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Mud. Lakes, claypans.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 August 1994

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Merredin, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Mingenew, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.