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Clitoria ternatea L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. 2:753 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling perennial, herb or climber, to 7 m high. Fl. blue-white/cream, Feb to Jun or Dec. Sand, clay, loam. River or creek banks, margins of waterholes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 August 2007

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Indian Tropical Islands, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Christmas Island, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Karratha, Mount Magnet, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.