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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 diffusa (R.Br.) Spreng. subsp. diffusa

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

Prostrate perennial, herb, to 0.2 m high, leaves (1.5-)2-7 mm wide; bracts opaque white for half their length. Fl. white, Feb to Aug. Lateritic sandy soils and coastal sands. Open eucalypt woodland, stabilised coastal dunes.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 November 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.