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Elatine gratioloides A.Cunn.
Waterwort

Reference
Ann.Nat.Hist. 4:26 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or creeping, aquatic annual, herb, sepals. Fl. green & pink & white. Wet mud or in water. In or around permanent or semi-permanent waterholes in ranges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 July 2002

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Bayswater, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kent, Laverton, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Plantagenet, Shark Bay, Stirling, Upper Gascoyne, Waroona, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.