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Comesperma calymega Labill.
Blue-spike Milkwort

Reference
Nov.Holl.Pl. 2:23 (1806)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect perennial, herb, 0.1-0.5 m high. Fl. blue, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sand, sandy clay, laterite. Flats, rocky outcrops, low dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 August 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Collie, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Subiaco, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, York.