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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.

Bergia perennis subsp. exigua G.J.Leach

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 11:89 (1989)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, mat-forming perennial, herb, leaf apex acute. Fl. pink/white, Apr to Oct. Clay soils. Freshwater or saline claypans, damp lake edges, winter-wet areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 October 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Lateritic Plain, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Leonora, Menzies, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.