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Tersonia cyathiflora (Fenzl) J.W.Green
Button Creeper

Reference
Census Vasc.Pl.W.Australia 6 (1985)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate annual or biennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high, to 1.5 m wide. Fl. yellow-brown/brown-red, Jun to Dec. Sand over limestone. Sandplains, coastal limestone ridges & outcrops.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cambridge, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Coorow, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Kwinana, Mandurah, Nedlands, Northampton, Wanneroo, Waroona.