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Cotula cotuloides (Steetz) Druce
Smooth Cotula

Reference
Rep.Bot.Soc.Exch.Club Brit.Isles 4(Suppl. 2):617 (1917)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading to ascending, stoloniferous annual, herb, 0.04-0.2 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec. Variety of soils. Swampy areas, margins of salt lakes, granite outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bruce Rock, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kent, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Melville, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Murray, Northampton, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Swan, Victoria Plains, West Arthur, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.