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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.

Cleretum papulosum (L.f.) L.Bolus subsp. papulosum

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

Prostrate, succulent annual, herb, to 0.1 m high (0.2m across). Fl. yellow/white, Aug to Sep. Sandy loam, brown to red-brown clay, grey sandy gravel, granite, laterite. Rock outcrops, lower slopes, hills, valley flats, base of breakaways.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 May 2004

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Kellerberrin, Koorda, Merredin, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.