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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.

Frankenia sessilis Summerh. var. sessilis

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Much-branched shrub, ca 0.1 m high. Fl. white, Sep to Oct. Clay & loamy soils, limestone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 April 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Hampton, Mardabilla, Recherche, Tallering, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cue, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Menzies, Murchison.