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Phylloglossum drummondii Kunze
Pigmy Clubmoss

Reference
Bot.Zeit. 1:721 (1843)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb or grass-like or (fern ally), 0.01-0.06 m high, sporophylls clustered in solitary strobilus on fleshy peduncle, leaves fleshy. Fl. Jul to Oct. Grey to black sands or brown loam over granite. Coastal plain and granitic outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 October 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Chittering, Cockburn, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Denmark, Esperance, Gosnells, Harvey, Manjimup, Mundaring, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale.