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Boerhavia gardneri Hewson

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:318 (1984)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, spreading perennial, herb, 0.1-0.4 m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. pink/purple-blue, Jan to Oct. Sand, clay, often stony soils. Coastal sand dunes, sandstone rocks.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 October 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Keep, Mitchell, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, North West Shelf.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.