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Ipomoea muelleri Benth.
Poison Morning Glory

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:423 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, trailing or climbing perennial, herb, 0.05-0.3(-1) m high, to 2.6 m wide. Fl. pink/red-purple, Mar to Oct or Dec. Sand, clay. Along watercourses.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.