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Commicarpus australis Meikle
Perennial Tar Vine

Reference
Notes Roy.Bot.Gard.Edinburgh 36:248 (1978)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scrambling or prostrate shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. pink/purple-blue, Apr to Nov. Red or brown/pink sand, alluvium, clay, limestone. Sand dunes, mangrove swamps.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 April 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Mackay, Roebourne, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Karratha, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne.