Plants → Magnoliophyta → Magnoliopsida → Gentianales → Rubiaceae Juss. → Opercularia Gaertn. → Opercularia vaginata Juss.

Opercularia vaginata Juss. Dog Weed
Ann.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat. 4:428 (1804)

Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current
Photo of Opercularia vaginata Juss.
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Brief Description
Amanda Spooner, Thursday 27 March 1997

Decumbent, spreading or erect perennial, herb or shrub, (0.04-)0.1-0.45 m high. Fl. green/green-yellow, Jul to Dec. Sandy, lateritic or granitic soils, coastal limestone.

Distribution

Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, South-West Province.

IBRA Regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.

IBRA Subregions: Augustus, Avon Wheatbelt P1, Avon Wheatbelt P2, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.

IMCRA Regions: Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.

Local Government Areas (LGAs): Albany, Armadale, Augusta-Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Claremont, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Fremantle, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Stirling, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.