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Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.

Reference
Bull.Herb.Boissier Ser. 2, 1:559 (1901)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to ascending annual, herb, 0.02-0.1 m high, 0.1-0.8 m wide. Fl. white-pink, Jan or Mar to Sep or Nov to Dec. Sandy soils. Along watercourses, tidal flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 May 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Perth, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Cambridge-Bonaparte, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.