species: Boerhavia mutabilis in Lizard Island area: introduced plants (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Boerhavia mutabilis

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Caryophyllales
Family Nyctaginaceae
Genus Boerhavia
Species Boerhavia mutabilis

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island area: introduced plants

Distinguishing features

"On beach and lower terrace in white sand. Perennial with thick tap root and prostrate; branched, succulent, reddish stems; leaves green or reddish-green; flowers pale pink." (Occurrence remarks in an Atlas of Living Australia record for Boerhavia mutabilis from Lizard Island accessed 13 Jan 2019).

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  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.