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Wire-stem chickweed discovered in Victoria for the first time, flooded wetlands blooming

Wire-stem chickweed has been found growing on drying wetlands in Victoria's north-west. (Supplied: Fiona Murdoch, Mallee Conservation)

Rare floods in semi-arid Victoria have led to the discovery of a previously unrecorded plant species, the wire-stem chickweed, in the state for the first time.

Thousands of wire-stem chickweed seeds are blooming in a usually dry area in north-west Victoria.

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