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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.

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.