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Glinus lotoides L.
Hairy Carpet Weed

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 1:463 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to ascending annual or perennial, herb, 0.01-0.2 m high. Fl. white-green, Mar to Oct. Clay loam, alluvium. Edge of billabongs, watercourses & other wetlands.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Jarrah Forest, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Merredin, Mount Eliza, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Perth, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Irwin, Kalamunda, Karratha, Meekatharra, Mingenew, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Murray, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.