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Calandrinia calyptrata Hook.f.
Pink Purslane

Reference
Icon.Pl. 3:Tab.296 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Succulent, procumbent annual, herb, 0.01-0.05 m high. Fl. pink, Aug to Dec. Sandy soils over laterite, granite or limestone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 May 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Collie, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kojonup, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Manjimup, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murray, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.