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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.

Pluchea dunlopii Hunger

Reference
Willdenowia 26:276-279, Fig. 3 (1996)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 1 m high, plant pilose, leaves 0.7-3 cm long. Fl. pink/purple, Sep to Nov. Sand, red clayey loam, sometimes disturbed soils. Swampy ground, salt marshes, flood plains, near river banks, cattle grounds.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 April 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Roebourne, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo, Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Laverton, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Shark Bay, Wiluna.