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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.

Lepidosperma sp. U1 big heads (A.S. George 11294)

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

Rhizomatous, robust, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge). Quartzite rocks.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 July 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.