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Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.

Reference
Linnaea 12:414 (1838)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Trailing perennial, herb or climber. Fl. yellow, Jan to Oct. Sandy, rocky, stony loam, clay soils, wet soils. In disturbed areas, floodplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 2005

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Leonora, Meekatharra, Mingenew, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Perenjori, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.