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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.

Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce var. poiformis

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

Densely tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.9 m high. Fl. green/yellow, Oct to Nov. White, grey or brown sand, granite, sandy loam. Coastal areas and esturaries, sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Recherche, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Cockburn, Dandaragan, Esperance, Manjimup, Rockingham.