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Cressa australis R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 490 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Generally prostrate but sometimes erect, slender, diffuse herb, 0.12-0.2 m high. Fl. white, Apr or Jun to Jul or Oct. Saline cracking clay-clay loam, saline grey clay, drying mud. Salt lake margins, clay or mud flats, near seasonal billabongs, lakes & lagoons.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 April 2001
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Cape Range, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Katanning, Keep, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyndham-East Kimberley.