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Lepidium didymum L.

Reference
Mant.Pl. 1:92 (1767)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate annual, herb, to 0.2 m high. Fl. cream-white-green, Feb or Aug to Oct. Sandy clay, sandy loam, peat, granite, limestone. Aquatic sites, slopes, rocky cliffs, road verges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 2002

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Central Kimberley, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hart, Keep, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Cockburn, Denmark, Esperance, Halls Creek, Kulin, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Mundaring, Northampton, Perth, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.