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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.

Stellaria pallida (Dumort.) Crép.

Reference
Man.Fl.Belgique Ed.2, 19:19 (1866)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, spreading annual, herb, to 0.1 m high. Fl. green & white, Sep to Oct. Yellow-grey sand, peaty sand or stony loam over limestone. Sand dunes and plains, flats, breakaways, pasture lands.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 October 2003

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Busselton, Cockburn, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Manjimup, Murray, Nedlands, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth.