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Ipomoea coptica (L.) Roth

Reference
Roem. & Schult., Syst.Veg. 4:208 (1819)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or twining annual, herb or climber, 0.1-1 m high. Fl. white, Feb to Jun. Sandy, clay & loamy soils. Along watercourses, damp depressions.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 November 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Keep, Mackay, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone.
IMCRA Regions
Bonaparte Gulf, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.