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Calandrinia eremaea Ewart
Twining Purslane

Reference
Fl.Vict. 486 (1931)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Succulent, decumbent or erect annual, herb, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. white-pink-purple, Aug to Oct. Sand, sandy clay. Sandy rises, creek beds, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 May 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Beverley, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.