Skip to main content

Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s flora taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not currently being reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or the census. The project team is now conducting testing of the migrated data, and a further update will be provided by the end of the financial year (1 July). Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.

The notice period started at 9:45 am on Friday, 12 December 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, 1 July 2026 +08:00.

Advanced Search

Lepidium didymum L.

Reference
Mant.Pl. 1:92 (1767)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate annual, herb, to 0.2 m high. Fl. cream-white-green, Feb or Aug to Oct. Sandy clay, sandy loam, peat, granite, limestone. Aquatic sites, slopes, rocky cliffs, road verges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 2002

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Central Kimberley, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hart, Keep, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Cockburn, Denmark, Esperance, Halls Creek, Kulin, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Mundaring, Northampton, Perth, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.