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Polygonum aviculare L.
Wireweed

Reference
Sp.Pl. 1:362-363 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, sprawling annual, herb, 0.02-0.1 m high. Fl. green-white-pink, Oct to Dec or Jan to May. Sandy clay, clay loam. Weed of cultivation & waste places.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 May 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Warren, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Boddington, Brookton, Canning, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Manjimup, Melville, Merredin, Murray, Narrogin, Northampton, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Victoria Plains, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn, York.