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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.

Prostanthera althoferi B.J.Conn

Reference
Nuytsia 6:374-377,Fig.4B (1988)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Fl. white-cream, Mar to Oct. Red-yellow sand, laterite. Granite outcrops, hills & breakaways.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 September 1999
Image

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Perenjori, Sandstone, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.