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The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s flora taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not currently being reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or the census. The Herbarium team, working with the Biodiversity Information Office, now have the Nomos-hosted WACensus in production, and we will begin to update the flora and fungi for WA within the system soon. The Specify project team continues to test and streamline the new collections management system, and we expect this to be online in October. Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.

The notice period started at 9:45 am on Friday, 12 December 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Thursday, 1 October 2026 +08:00.

Hornungia procumbens (L.) Hayek

Reference
Repert.Spec.Nov.Regni Veg.Beih. 30:480 (1925)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Procumbent to erect annual, herb, 0.02-0.3 m high, leaves basal and cauline, ovules (3-)5-10 per locule. Fl. white, Jul to Sep. Sand over limestone. Coastal areas, salt lakes.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 May 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Mallee, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth, Tallering, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Carnarvon, Cockburn, Coorow, Dandaragan, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.