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Trachymene ornata (Endl.) Druce
Spongefruit

Reference
Rep.Bot.Exch.Club Brit.Isles 4:650 (1917)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender annual, herb, 0.03-0.2 m high. Fl. white/white-purple, Jul to Oct. Variety of soils, frequently on shallow sand. Often in rocky areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 February 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Toodyay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Westonia, Wickepin, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.