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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Gomphrena sordida Farmar

Reference
Bull.Herb.Boissier ser.2,5:1091 (1905)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading or prostrate annual, herb, to 0.2 m high. Fl. white-pink, Apr to Jun or Oct to Nov. Sand, crushed limestone. Edge of saltpans & saline flats, shallow creeks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Hamersley, Roebourne, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne.