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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.

Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum (Haw.) Chinnock

Reference
Jessop & Toelken, Fl.S.Austral. Ed.4,194 (1986)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, succulent shrub, 0.02-0.3 m high. Fl. pink-purple-violet, Jan to Feb or May or Aug to Dec. White sand, sandy loam, clay, clay loam. Coastal limestone cliffs & dunes, samphire flats, saline areas inland.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 October 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Eucla, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Brookton, Corrigin, Cue, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Narrogin, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.