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Tetragonia implexicoma (Miq.) Hook.f.
Bower Spinach

Reference
Bot.Antarct.Voy.III.(Fl.Tasman.) 1:148 (1856)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, scrambling or climbing perennial, herb or shrub (undershrub), 0.1-0.5 m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. yellow, Feb to Mar or May to Dec. Grey sand. Coastal limestone & sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 October 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Eucla, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Cockburn, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Mandurah, Manjimup, Northampton, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay.