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Dog Weed

Opercularia vaginata

Dog Weed
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Opercularia vaginata (dogweed) is a species of plant within the genus Opercularia, in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.

Where it grows

It is found in Beard's provinces of Eremaean Province and the South-West Province, or the later classification of IBRA regions of

Other Opercularia plants

Opercularia apiciflora · Opercularia echinocephala · Broad Leaved Stinkweed · Opercularia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opercularia vaginata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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