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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.

Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. subsp. helichrysoides

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

Perennial, herb, 0.3-0.4 m high, leaves hairy. Fl. yellow, Jan or May or Jul to Aug or Oct (rainfall dependant). Red sandy loam or quartz gravel and clay. Rocky gullies, floodplain.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 December 2000

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Rudall, Shield, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.