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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.

Urochloa polyphylla (R.Br.) R.D.Webster

Reference
Austral.Paniceae (Poaceae) 248 (1987)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, grass-like or herb, 0.5 m high. Brown sand. Coastal.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 October 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell, Pentecost.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.