Skip to main content

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.

Advanced Search

Myriocephalus pygmaeus (A.Gray) P.S.Short

Reference
Elliot & D.L.Jones, Encycl.Austral.Pl. 6:471 (1993)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Low annual, herb, to 0.05 m high. Fl. white & yellow, Aug to Dec or Jan. Shallow soils, sandy clay. Moist areas, granite outcrops, creeklines.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Mardabilla, Merredin, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Waroona, Westonia, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.