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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.

Corchorus incanus Halford

Reference
Austrobaileya 6:592-593 (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub (sometimes viscid), to 1 m high. Fl. yellow, Feb or Apr to Oct. Sand, clayey sand, gravelly sand, skeletal red soils. Sandhills & plains, along watercourses, hill summits, valley floors.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 February 2006

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, East Pilbara, Karratha, Port Hedland.