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Glossostigma drummondii Benth.
Mudmat

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 10:426 (1846)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tiny, mat-forming, aquatic or terrestrial annual (ephemeral), herb, 0.005-0.05(-0.1) m high. Fl. white-blue-purple, May to Oct. Sandy soils. Granite rock pools, claypans, swamps, winter-wet depressions.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 January 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fitzroy Trough, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Mitchell, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Pindanland, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Broome, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Denmark, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, Esperance, Gosnells, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Murchison, Murray, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Shark Bay, Toodyay, West Arthur, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.