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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.

Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer

Reference
Austrobaileya 5:198 (1999)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small tree or shrub, 1-3(-5) m high, plant covered in oil glands, most visible and prominent on the tomentose branchlets. Fl. pink-white, Jan to Dec. Sand, skeletal soils, sandstone. Rocky gullies, sandstone escarpments, streambanks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland.
IMCRA Regions
Canning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.