Skip to main content

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.

Advanced Search

Wurmbea sp. Great Victoria Desert (G.J. Keighery 7501)

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

Bulbous perennial, herb, to 0.06 m high. Calcareous red sandy clay, saline brown clay, limestone. Near salt lakes, on dry flat bed of salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 November 2001

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Hampton, Mardabilla, Shield.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Menzies, Sandstone.