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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.

Lysiana spathulata (Blakely) Barlow subsp. spathulata

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

Aerial shrub, hemiparasitic on stems. Fl. red/red-green/red-green-yellow, Feb to Aug or Nov to Dec. Mostly on Acacia, also recorded on Santalum, Grevillea, Gardenia.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 July 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
IMCRA Regions
Canning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.