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Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

Reference
Roem. & Schult., Catal.Bot. 1:36 (1797)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or twining annual or perennial, herb or climber. Fl. pink-purple-blue, Feb to Aug. Sandy soils, alluvium, clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 November 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Christmas Island, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.