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Comesperma virgatum Labill.
Milkwort

Reference
Nov.Holl.Pl. 2:21 (1806)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, slender shrub, 0.3-1.6 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Sep to Dec or Jan to Mar. Sandy & lateritic soils. Sometimes in swampy conditions.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 August 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Belmont, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Chittering, Collie, Cranbrook, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Kwinana, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur.