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Ipomoea polymorpha Roem. & Schult.

Reference: Syst.Veg. 4:254 (1819)
Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Prostrate to ascending annual, herb, 0.02-0.6 m high. Fl. purple-pink, Feb to Aug. Sandy soils, alluvium. Along creeklines, in moist depressions.

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, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone.
IMCRA Regions: Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.