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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.

Pentapogon quadrifidus (Labill.) Baill. var. quadrifidus

Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-0.6 m high, panicles to 20 cm, glumes usually 6.5-10 mm long. Fl. green/purple. Clay. Open winter wet flat in forest.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Plantagenet.