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Boerhavia schomburgkiana Oliv.

Reference
Hooker's Icon.Pl. 13:Tab.1225 (1877)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or decumbent perennial, herb, to 0.05 m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. pink, Feb or Apr or Nov. Red sand, clay. Floodplains, plains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 October 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Pentecost, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
North West Shelf, Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Dalwallinu, Derby-West Kimberley, Dowerin, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Leonora, Moora, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, York.