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Spergularia marina (L.) Besser

Reference
Enum.Pl. 97 (1822)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Open, succulant, decumbent perennial or annual, herb, 0.15 m high. Fl. purple/pink/white, Oct to Nov. Sandy,loamy or gravelly clay soils, limestone, granite. Hills, dunes, ridges, flats, freshwater swamps, salt lakes, streams.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 March 2002
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Canning, Carnamah, Cockburn, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Meekatharra, Melville, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Murray, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Sandstone, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, York.