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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.

Gomphrena brachystylis F.Muell. subsp. brachystylis

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

Erect to spreading annual, herb, to 0.5 m high, leaves (2-)3-9 mm wide; stamens 1.5-2.2 mm long; style very short up to 0.2 mm long. Fl. white/pink/purple, Jan to Jul. Skeletal and sandy soils. Sandstone and granite outcrops, open woodland.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 November 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.