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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.

Olearia incana (D.A.Cooke) Lander

Reference
Nuytsia 18:97-100 (2008)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, open shrub, 0.5-2 m high, young stems and both surfaces of leaves lanate with grey arachnoid tomentum. Fl. white & yellow, Jun to Oct. Red or yellow sand, red loam over limestone. Flats, sandplains, spinifex sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 May 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Laverton, Menzies, Wiluna, Yilgarn.