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Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
Tar Vine

Reference
Gard.Dict. Ed.8 (1768)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Prostrate & spreading annual or perennial, herb, 0.1-1 m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. pink, Jan to Aug or Oct or Dec. Sandy soils, clay, alluvium.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 October 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Chittering, Cocos Islands, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Derby-West Kimberley, Dowerin, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.