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Disphyma crassifolium (L.) L.Bolus
Round-leaved Pigface

Reference
Fl.Pl.S.Africa 7:276 (1927)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, succulent shrub, 0.02-0.3 m high, distinguished by the clavate leaves and generally rounded keel. Fl. pink-purple-violet, Jan to Feb or May or Aug to Dec. Sand, loam, clay. Coastal dunes, saline areas inland, samphire flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Eucla, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Narrogin, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.