- Reference
- Brit.Fl.Gard. Ser.1,3:Tab.242 (1827)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, glaucous annual, herb, 0.2-1 m high, spiny, with yellow latex. Fl. white-cream-yellow, Feb to Mar or Jul to Nov. Sandy soils, red-brown clay loam. Creek edges, riverbanks, roadsides.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Roebourne, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Ashburton, Beverley, Cambridge, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Meekatharra, Merredin, Murchison, Nedlands, Northam, Port Hedland, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth, Toodyay, Upper Gascoyne, Yalgoo.