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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 leptoclada Benth. subsp. leptoclada

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

Prostrate, decumbent or spreading annual, herb, ca 0.08 m high. Fl. white, Feb to Sep. Skeletal red sandy soils, red clays and sandy loams, sand. Rocky limestone hills, sandstone & granite outcrops, dry creekbeds & riverbanks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.