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Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.
Potato Vine

Reference
Fl.Aegypt.-Arab. 44 (1775)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or climbing, sometimes aquatic annual or perennial, herb. Fl. purple-blue/white, Mar to May. Floating in water or on mud. Along creeks.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 November 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.