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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.

Aristida calycina R.Br.
Dark Wiregrass

Reference
Prodr. 173-174 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Compactly or loosely tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1.3 m high, inflorescence 12-32 cm long, glumes not awned, lemma groove smooth or muricate. Red earths, sands, alluvial soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 August 1999