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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.

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.