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Ottelia ovalifolia (R.Br.) Rich.
Swamp Lily

Reference
Mem.Cl.Sci.Math.Inst.Natl.France 1811(2):78 (1814)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Attached, emergent, aquatic perennial, herb. Fl. cream-white, Oct to Dec or Jan to May. Freshwater pools.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mardabilla, Merredin, Mitchell, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnarvon, Cockburn, Collie, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Derby-West Kimberley, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Manjimup, Menzies, Mingenew, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.