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Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene

Reference
Pittonia 4:46-47 (1899)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate perennial, herb, 0.3 m high. Fl. white/blue/pink-purple, Jan to Nov. Black sand over clay or limestone. Margins of freshwater lakes and swamps, coastal dune fields.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 August 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fortescue, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Perth, Pindanland, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Central West Coast, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Cambridge, Cocos Islands, Halls Creek, Joondalup, Northampton, Rockingham, Stirling, Vincent, Wanneroo, Wyndham-East Kimberley.