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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.

Stemodia florulenta W.R.Barker

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 13: 90 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, faintly scented perennial, herb or shrub, 0.25-0.8(-1) m high. Fl. blue-purple, Mar to Nov. Clay & sandy soils. Seasonally inundated & often saline areas, floodplains, mudflats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 January 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Geraldton Hills, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, McLarty, Merredin, Pindanland, Rudall, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Northampton, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.