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Glossostigma diandrum (L.) Kuntze

Reference
Revis.Gen.Pl. 2:461 (1891)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Minute, prostrate, sometimes mat-forming, aquatic or terrestrial annual (ephemeral), herb, 0.001-0.01 m high. Fl. white-purple, May to Oct. Clay or sandy soils. Winter-wet depressions, rock holes, claypans.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 January 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fitzroy Trough, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Mitchell, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Pindanland, Purnululu, Shield, Tallering, Trainor, Warren, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Brookton, Broome, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Dalwallinu, Dardanup, Derby-West Kimberley, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Halls Creek, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Murray, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Upper Gascoyne, Waroona, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, York.